Assembly Bill A9269

                             
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                                   9269
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  R. CARROLL  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law,  in  relation  to  granting  the
   governor power to effectuate emergency disconnections of utilities
 
   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
 66-x to read as follows:
   §  66-X.  EMERGENCY  DISCONNECTIONS;  GOVERNOR'S  AUTHORITY.  1. A GAS
 CORPORATION, ELECTRIC  CORPORATION,  OR  MUNICIPALITY  IN  OWNERSHIP  OR
 CONTROL OF THE METERS, PIPES, FITTINGS, WIRES, AND OTHER APPARATUS ASSO-
 CIATED  WITH  THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE TO A BUILDING OR UNIT SHALL,
 UPON THE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR, DISCONNECT SERVICE TO THAT  BUILDING  OR
 UNIT  WITHOUT  THE NEED FOR PRIOR NOTICE WHEN ALL THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-
 MENTS ARE FULFILLED:
   (A) ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LAWS OR REGULATIONS ARE VIOLATED BY THE OCCU-
 PANTS OF THE BUILDING OR UNIT:
   (I) ARTICLES SEVENTEEN, NINETEEN, AND  TWENTY-SEVEN  OF  THE  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND REGULATIONS MADE PURSUANT THERETO;
   (II) SECTIONS TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-SEVEN-A AND ARTICLE SEVENTEEN OF
 THE LABOR LAW AND REGULATIONS MADE PURSUANT THERETO;
   (III) THE UNIFORM FIRE AND BUILDING CODE; OR
   (IV)  LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS MADE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS TWELVE,
 THIRTEEN, TWENTY-FOUR, AND TWENTY-FIVE OF SECTION TWENTY OF THE  GENERAL
 CITY  LAW,  SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY AND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THE
 TOWN LAW, SECTIONS 7-700 AND 10-1002 OF THE VILLAGE LAW, OR SUBPARAGRAPH
 TWELVE OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TEN OF THE MUNICIPAL
 HOME RULE LAW;
   (B) AN EMERGENCY ARISING OUT OF THE VIOLATION OF THE LAW OR REGULATION
 THREATENS THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF A PERSON OR THE SURROUNDING AREA; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (C) THE GOVERNOR DETERMINES, IN THEIR UNREVIEWABLE DISCRETION THAT THE
 DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE WILL, CONTRIBUTE TO RESOLVING THE EMERGENCY.
   2.  SERVICE SHALL BE RECONNECTED WHEN THE GOVERNOR DETERMINES THAT THE
 EMERGENCY HAS ENDED.
   3. THE GOVERNOR SHALL SUBMIT A  REPORT  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO  HOURS  OF
 ISSUING AN EMERGENCY DISCONNECTION ORDER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, WHICH
 SHALL  INCLUDE  INFORMATION ON THE LAWS VIOLATED BY THE OCCUPANTS OF THE
 BUILDING OR UNIT, THE NATURE OF THE EMERGENCY THAT ARISES  OUT  OF  SUCH
 VIOLATION,  AND  THE  REASONS THE GOVERNOR BELIEVES THE DISCONNECTION OF
 SERVICE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RESOLVING THE EMERGENCY. THE CONTENTS OF  THE
 REPORT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF
 RECEIPT,  UNLESS THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT
 OF THE SENATE DETERMINE THAT RELEASE OF  THE  REPORT  WOULD  IMPEDE  THE
 RESOLUTION OF THE EMERGENCY.
   4.  THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL  SUBMIT A REPORT ON OR BEFORE JANUARY THIRTY-
 FIRST OF EACH YEAR TO THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH SHALL  INCLUDE  INFORMATION
 DETAILING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMERGENCY DISCONNECTIONS EFFECTUATED UNDER
 THIS  SECTION,  THE  REASONS  FOR  EACH EMERGENCY DISCONNECTION, AND THE
 RESULT OF EACH DISCONNECTION. THIS REPORT SHALL BE PROMPTLY PUBLISHED BY
 THE LEGISLATURE ONCE RECEIVED.
   § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 89-q to
 read as follows:
   § 89-Q. EMERGENCY DISCONNECTIONS; GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY.  1.  A  WATER-
 WORKS  COMPANY  OR  MUNICIPALITY  SHALL, UPON THE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR,
 DISCONNECT SERVICE TO A BUILDING OR UNIT  WITHOUT  THE  NEED  FOR  PRIOR
 NOTICE WHEN ALL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS ARE FULFILLED:
   (A) ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LAWS OR REGULATIONS ARE VIOLATED BY THE OCCU-
 PANTS OF THE BUILDING OR UNIT:
   (I)  ARTICLES  SEVENTEEN,  NINETEEN,  AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND REGULATIONS MADE PURSUANT THERETO;
   (II) SECTIONS TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-SEVEN-A AND ARTICLE SEVENTEEN OF
 THE LABOR LAW AND REGULATIONS MADE PURSUANT THERETO;
   (III) THE UNIFORM FIRE AND BUILDING CODE; OR
   (IV) LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS MADE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS  TWELVE,
 THIRTEEN,  TWENTY-FOUR, AND TWENTY-FIVE OF SECTION TWENTY OF THE GENERAL
 CITY LAW, SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY AND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE  OF  THE
 TOWN LAW, SECTIONS 7-700 AND 10-1002 OF THE VILLAGE LAW, OR SUBPARAGRAPH
 TWELVE OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TEN OF THE MUNICIPAL
 HOME RULE LAW;
   (B) AN EMERGENCY ARISING OUT OF THE VIOLATION OF THE LAW OR REGULATION
 THREATENS THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF A PERSON OR THE SURROUNDING AREA; AND
   (C)  THE  DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE WILL, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE GOVER-
 NOR, CONTRIBUTE TO RESOLVING THE EMERGENCY.
   2. SERVICE SHALL BE RECONNECTED WHEN THE GOVERNOR DETERMINES THAT  THE
 EMERGENCY HAS ENDED.
   3.  THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL  SUBMIT  A REPORT WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF
 ISSUING AN EMERGENCY DISCONNECTION ORDER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE LAWS VIOLATED BY THE OCCUPANTS  OF  THE
 BUILDING  OR  UNIT,  THE NATURE OF THE EMERGENCY THAT ARISES OUT OF SUCH
 VIOLATION, AND THE REASONS THE GOVERNOR BELIEVES  THE  DISCONNECTION  OF
 SERVICE  WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RESOLVING THE EMERGENCY. THE CONTENTS OF THE
 REPORT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF
 RECEIPT, UNLESS THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT
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 OF  THE  SENATE  DETERMINE  THAT  RELEASE OF THE REPORT WOULD IMPEDE THE
 RESOLUTION OF THE EMERGENCY.
   4.  THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL  SUBMIT A REPORT ON OR BEFORE JANUARY THIRTY-
 FIRST OF EACH YEAR TO THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH SHALL  INCLUDE  INFORMATION
 DETAILING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMERGENCY DISCONNECTIONS EFFECTUATED UNDER
 THIS  SECTION,  THE  REASONS  FOR  EACH EMERGENCY DISCONNECTION, AND THE
 RESULT OF EACH DISCONNECTION. THIS REPORT SHALL BE PROMPTLY PUBLISHED BY
 THE LEGISLATURE ONCE RECEIVED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.