Creates the under-grounding of electrical power or telecommunications lines fund to provide for the purpose of moving overhead electrical power or telecommunications lines underground from monies appropriated, including, but not limited to, any funds supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster recovery and hazard mitigation which may be used for state infrastructure repair.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4621
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to creating the
under-grounding of electrical power or telecommunications lines fund
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
99-ss to read as follows:
§ 99-SS. UNDER-GROUNDING OF ELECTRICAL POWER OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LINES FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE
STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL
REVENUE FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "UNDER-GROUNDING OF ELECTRICAL POWER OR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINES FUND".
2. THE FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES APPROPRIATED FOR ITS PURPOSE
INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY FUNDS SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR DISASTER RECOVERY AND HAZARD MITIGATION WHICH MAY
BE USED FOR STATE INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR.
3. MONIES OF THE FUND, WHEN ALLOCATED, SHALL BE DISBURSED TO PROVIDE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF MOVING OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL POWER OR TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS LINES UNDERGROUND. UNDER THE FUND COUNTIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
MAY APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FUND TO CONTRACT WITH POWER AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION. COUNTIES,
TOWNS AND VILLAGES MAY SUPPLY A TWO PERSON CREW AND USE OF CERTAIN
PROJECT NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO POWER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF MOVING OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL POWER OR TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS LINES UNDERGROUND.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02610-01-5
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