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                                   5130
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring corpo-
   rations and municipalities to notify property owners prior  to  begin-
   ning certain services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 119-d to read as follows:
   §  119-D.  NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS. 1.  PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY
 SCHEDULED SERVICE THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH A PROPERTY OWNER'S ABILITY  TO
 ENJOY, USE, OR ACCESS SUCH PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY, A GAS CORPORATION,
 AN  ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A WATER CORPO-
 RATION, A STEAM CORPORATION, A TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, A TELEPHONE CORPO-
 RATION OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING  EQUIVALENT  UTILITY  SERVICES  SHALL
 PROVIDE  NOTICE  TO  SUCH  PROPERTY  OWNER  THAT  SUCH  SERVICE IS TO BE
 PERFORMED. SUCH NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE SERVICE
 TO BE PERFORMED, THE EXPECTED DURATION OF SUCH SERVICE, THE LOCATION  OF
 SUCH  SERVICE, ANY ROAD CLOSURES OR DETOURS THAT SHALL OCCUR DUE TO SUCH
 SERVICE, ANY NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING SERVICE VEHICLES,  THAT  MAY
 INTRUDE  UPON THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY OR INTERFERE WITH SUCH PROP-
 ERTY OWNER'S ABILITY TO ENJOY, USE,  OR  ACCESS  SUCH  PROPERTY  OWNER'S
 PROPERTY,  AND  THE  CONTACT  INFORMATION FOR THE CORPORATION OR MUNICI-
 PALITY PERFORMING SUCH SERVICE. NOTICE SHALL BE GIVEN AS FAR IN  ADVANCE
 AS  CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ALLOW, BUT SHALL BE GIVEN NO MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS
 IN ADVANCE OF THE START DATE OF SUCH SERVICE AND NO LESS THAN FIVE  DAYS
 IN ADVANCE OF THE START OF SUCH SERVICE.
   2.  A GAS CORPORATION, AN ELECTRIC  CORPORATION,  A  GAS  AND ELECTRIC
 CORPORATION, A WATER CORPORATION, A  STEAM    CORPORATION,  A  TELEGRAPH
 CORPORATION,  A TELEPHONE CORPORATION OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIV-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06532-01-3
              

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 ALENT UTILITY SERVICES SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 PROVIDE NOTICE TO  PROPERTY OWNERS, IN WRITING OR, WHEN APPROPRIATE, VIA
 ELECTRONIC  TRANSMISSION  AND  SHALL  FURTHER MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO
 CONTACT  PROPERTY  OWNERS  PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY SCHEDULED SERVICE THAT
 MAY INTERFERE WITH A PROPERTY OWNER'S ABILITY TO ENJOY, USE,  OR  ACCESS
 SUCH PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY.
   3.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF A
 NATURAL OR MAN-MADE DISASTER OR STATE OF EMERGENCY PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 TWO-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.