Assembly Bill A11356

                             
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                                   11356
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2026
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Powers) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law, in relation to expediting
   metropolitan  commuter  transportation   authority   capital   project
   construction  by  establishing a process for utility relocation neces-
   sary for such construction

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 12-b to read as follows:
   12-B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM  "REQUIRED  WORK"
 SHALL MEAN ANY NECESSARY REMOVAL, RELOCATION, PROTECTION, OR REPLACEMENT
 OF  ANY  PIPES,  MAINS,  CONDUITS  OR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE OF ANY PUBLIC
 SERVICE CORPORATION AND ANY FIXTURES AND APPLIANCES CONNECTED  THEREWITH
 OR  ATTACHED  THERETO,  EITHER  TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY. WHENEVER THE
 AUTHORITY DETERMINES THAT ANY REQUIRED WORK EXISTS  IN  CONNECTION  WITH
 THE  IMPROVEMENT,  CONSTRUCTION,  RECONSTRUCTION, OR REHABILITATION OF A
 TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL APPLY:
   (A) THE DESIGN FOR SUCH REQUIRED WORK SHALL BE PREPARED BY THE AUTHOR-
 ITY OR THE AUTHORITY'S CONTRACTOR. SUCH DESIGN SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  THE
 REVIEW  AND  APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION, WHICH SHALL NOT
 BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD. SUCH REVIEW AND APPROVAL  SHALL  BE  COMPLETED
 WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS,  OR WITHIN SUCH OTHER REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME AS
 MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE AUTHORITY AFTER CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  PUBLIC
 SERVICE CORPORATION.
   (B)  IN  REVIEWING  AND  APPROVING  DESIGNS  FOR SUCH REQUIRED WORK, A
 PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION SHALL NOT CREATE THE NEED FOR ANOTHER  PUBLIC
 SERVICE  CORPORATION TO REMOVE OR RELOCATE ITS PIPES, MAINS, CONDUITS OR
 OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT THE AGREEMENT OF THE AUTHORITY.
   (C) IN REVIEWING AND APPROVING  DESIGNS  FOR  SUCH  REQUIRED  WORK,  A
 PUBLIC  SERVICE  CORPORATION  SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE
 FOR ANTICIPATED FUTURE SERVICE INCREASES  OR  OTHER  BETTERMENTS,  OTHER
 THAN  TO  COMPLY  WITH CURRENT STANDARDS, WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY'S AGREE-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD00030-01-5
 A. 11356                            2
 
 MENT.   BETTERMENTS TO COMPLY  WITH  CURRENT  STANDARDS  SHALL  ONLY  BE
 REQUIRED  BY  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  CORPORATION  WITHIN THE AREA OF SUCH
 REQUIRED WORK.
   (D) THE AUTHORITY SHALL BEAR THE COST OF ALL WORK PERFORMED BY ITS OWN
 CONTRACTORS.
   (E)  WHERE  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  CORPORATION DETERMINES THAT IT SHALL
 PERFORM ANY PORTION OF SUCH REQUIRED WORK, SUCH PORTION OF SUCH REQUIRED
 WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED  ACCORDING  TO  A  SCHEDULE  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 AUTHORITY  AFTER  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  CORPORATION,
 PROVIDED THAT  SUCH  SCHEDULE  IS  REASONABLE  AND  THAT  THE  AUTHORITY
 PROVIDES AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS' NOTICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.