Assembly Bill A11030A

                             
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                                   11030
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 23, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG, YEGER, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SHIMSKY, CHANG,
   GRIFFIN,   SAYEGH,   KASSAY,  OTIS,  SANTABARBARA,  COLTON,  JACOBSON,
   BEEPHAN, SCHIAVONI -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 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-f to read as follows:
   § 119-F. NOTIFICATION OF WORK. 1. PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY NON-EMERGENCY
 CONSTRUCTION  OR  OTHER  WORK FOR WHICH A UTILITY HAS A VALID PERMIT AND
 WHICH THE UTILITY  REASONABLY  BELIEVES  WILL  DIRECTLY  AND  MATERIALLY
 IMPACT THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL OR OTHER PROPERTY, SUCH UTILI-
 TY  SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF SUCH WORK. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
 TERM "UTILITY" SHALL INCLUDE: A  GAS  CORPORATION,  AN  ELECTRIC  CORPO-
 RATION,  A  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A WATER CORPORATION, A STEAM
 CORPORATION, A TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, A TELEPHONE CORPORATION OR A MUNI-
 CIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES.  SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED  TO  CUSTOMERS THE UTILITY REASONABLY BELIEVES WILL BE DIRECTLY
 AND MATERIALLY IMPACTED BY SUCH WORK.
   2. SUCH NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A DESCRIPTION  OF
 THE  WORK  TO  BE  PERFORMED,  THE  EXPECTED  DURATION OF SUCH WORK, THE
 LOCATION OF SUCH WORK, ANY ROAD CLOSURES OR DETOURS THAT MAY  OCCUR  DUE
 TO SUCH WORK, ANY ACTION THAT MAY DIRECTLY AND MATERIALLY IMPACT THE USE
 OF SUCH PROPERTY, AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE UTILITY PERFORMING
 SUCH  WORK.  SUCH NOTICE MAY INCLUDE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, SIGNAGE,
 AND WRITTEN MATERIALS.
   3. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE GIVEN AS FAR IN ADVANCE AS PRACTICABLE  BEFORE
 THE  START OF WORK BUT NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE START
 OF SUCH WORK.
   4. 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD00971-06-6
 A. 11030                            2
 
 TWO-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, OR WHERE THE NEED  TO  PROVIDE  SUCH  NOTICE
 WOULD PREVENT THE TIMELY INSTALLATION, RESTORATION OR REPAIR OF A UTILI-
 TY CUSTOMER'S SERVICE.
   §  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.