S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2325
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations
AN ACT mandating that the public service commission examine a process
for streamlining actions relating to identifying and removing certain
utility poles
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public service commission shall initiate a proceeding
to examine a process for streamlining actions relating to identifying
and removing utility poles that do not have any attachments and are no
longer in use. Every pole owner shall submit information related to
such poles and other relevant information at the request of the public
service commission. On or before September 30, 2026, the public service
commission shall issue an order adopting the new or revised rules asso-
ciated with the matters examined in the proceeding provided for in this
act.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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