NY State Senate Bill 2025-S6997A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 29, 2025	ordered to third reading cal.1499 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 27, 2025	print number 6997a
May 27, 2025	amend and recommit to finance
May 13, 2025	reported and committed to finance
Mar 28, 2025	referred to energy and telecommunications

Votes

- May 29, 2025 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6997A
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  6
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 29, 2025
      
      aye (14)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (6)
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Stec
      
      excused (1)
      
      Myrie
  May 13, 2025 - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote
  S6997A
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote: May 13, 2025
      
      aye (7)
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Hinchey
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Parker
      
      Ryan
      
      nay (1)
      
      Walczyk
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

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2025-S6997 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7544
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §119-e, Pub Serv L; add §109-e, Gen Muni L

2025-S6997 - Summary

Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality and utility pole and attachment identification.

2025-S6997 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6997

SPONSOR: RYAN C
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law and the general municipal law, in
relation to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To ensure the enforcement of unsafe make-ready work and violations of
statutory protections of Collective Bargaining Agreements.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: This section introduces a new provision (Section 119-e) to
the Public Service Law, requiring utility pole owners and attachers to
submit detailed information about their equipment when a new pole
attachment is made, during pole modifications, repairs, or inspections.
The data will include the telecommunication or cable company that owns
the equipment, the contractor or subcontractor responsible for complet-
ing the pole attachment work, & the date of work. The data must be

submitted electronically to the Public Service Commission (PSC), which
will maintain an electronic database, PSC will establish uniform regu-
lations for submitting this information, and create an electronic
complaint form for the public and telecommunications workers to report
issues, such as violations of laws, industry standards, safety hazards,
or unsafe attachments, PSC is required to inspect complaints within two
weeks and may result in fines and penalties, with escalating fines for
repeated offenses, including a stop work order after the third
violation, PSC will compile a list of entities with multiple complaints,
and those on the list will be ineligible for state grants or loans for
three years.

Section 2: This section amends the General Municipal Law to require
applicants for a Public Right-of-Way Permit to disclose the identity of
each contractor, subcontractor, or agent who will perform work author-
ized by the permit. If there are any changes to these entities after the
submission, the applicant must update the local permitting authority
within 24 hours.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

"Make-ready" work refers to moving existing equipment to create the
necessary space on utility poles for new equipment. This work is danger-
ous and complex, and, when done incorrectly, poses threats both to work-
ers and the public. Unskilled work could leave heavy terminals and wires
hanging without the proper support; ungrounded wires could pose electro-
cution risks; Incorrect placement or overloading equipment on damaged or
decaying poles could lead to poles falling in the public right-of-way.

Unfortunately, subcontractors often evade responsibility for their work-
force and rush through work, compromising both safety and quality. This
can lead to shoddy work, accidents that endanger workers and the public,
and damaged public infrastructure. Make-ready work is increasingly
performed by subcontractors, in some cases in violation of existing
collective bargaining agreements.


By requiring utility pole owners and attachers to identify their work,
creating an accessible complaint form to make the Public Service Commis-
sion aware of violations, and implementing a penalty structure, this
bill will ensure robust enforcement of unsafe make-ready work and
violations of statutory protections of Collective Bargaining Agreements.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S6997 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6997
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the general municipal law, in
   relation to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality

   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-e to read as follows:
   §  119-E.  UTILITY  POLE  AND  ATTACHMENT  IDENTIFICATION.  1.  (A) IN
 CONNECTION TO A NEW POLE ATTACHMENT, OR DURING THE MODIFICATION,  REPAIR
 OR  INSPECTION OF A POLE OR POLE ATTACHMENT, ALL UTILITY POLE OWNERS AND
 ATTACHERS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS INSPECTORS
 TO ENSURE PHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION OF THEIR EQUIPMENT ON A UTILITY  POLE.
 SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE THE (I) TELECOMMUNICATION OR CABLE COMPA-
 NY THAT OWNS THE EQUIPMENT, (II) CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE
 FOR  COMPLETING  THE  POLE ATTACHMENT WORK, AND (III) DATE OF WORK. SUCH
 INFORMATION SHALL ALSO BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE COMMISSION AND
 KEPT IN AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  KEEP A RECORD OF ALL POLE ATTACHMENT WORK
 INCLUDING WHICH ATTACHERS HAVE EQUIPMENT ON WHICH POLES AND THE CONTRAC-
 TOR, TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR CABLE COMPANY WHO COMPLETED THE WORK.
   (C) THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE A
 UNIFORM FORMAT OR FORM FOR COMPLYING WITH PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   2. (A) THE COMMISSION SHALL CREATE AN ELECTRONIC COMPLAINT FORM, POST-
 ED TO THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE, TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND TELE-
 COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS TO REPORT (I) TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT  MOVED
 IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO  SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-A OF THIS ARTI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11374-01-5

 S. 6997                             2
 
 CLE, (II) AN ATTACHMENT THAT DOES NOT MEET INDUSTRY STANDARDS  INCLUDING
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE  NATIONAL  ELECTRICAL  SAFETY CODE (NESC) AND
 TELCORDIA STANDARDS, (III) AN UNSAFE ATTACHMENT,  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  OR
 ELECTRICAL  EQUIPMENT, OR A POLE THAT PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD, AND (IV)
 ANYTHING ELSE THE COMMISSION DEEMS NECESSARY TO PROTECT WORKERS AND  THE
 PUBLIC AND ENSURE SAFE POLE ATTACHMENT WORK.
   (B)  THE  COMPLAINT  FORM  SHALL INCLUDE, AT MINIMUM, (I) THE DATE AND
 TIME OF THE COMPLAINT, (II) THE  LOCATION  OF  THE  VIOLATION,  (III)  A
 DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  VIOLATION, AND (IV) INFORMATION ON THE POLE OWNER,
 ATTACHER OR CONTRACTOR, IF AVAILABLE. SUCH  FORM  SHALL  ALLOW  FOR  THE
 SUBMISSION OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
   3.  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO INSPECT A REPORTED COMPLAINT
 WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE SUBMISSION OF SUCH COMPLAINT.
   4. (A) WHERE THE COMMISSION FINDS A VIOLATION OUTLINED IN  SUBDIVISION
 TWO  OF  THIS SECTION, ANY PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION OR PERSON
 AND THE OFFICERS, ATTACHERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO
 PENALTIES  SET  FORTH  IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS
 CHAPTER AND AS FURTHER SET FORTH IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  THE  COMMISSION
 SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  RESPONSIBLE  TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR CABLE COMPANY AND
 THEIR CONTRACTOR OF ITS FINDINGS IN WRITING.
   (I) UPON A FIRST VIOLATION, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY MAY BE SUBJECT TO  A
 TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.
   (II)  UPON A SECOND VIOLATION, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY MAY BE SUBJECT TO
 A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.
   (III) UPON A THIRD VIOLATION, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY MAY BE SUBJECT  TO
 A STOP WORK ORDER IN THE COUNTY WHERE ANY OF THE VIOLATIONS WERE MADE.
   (B)  THE COMMISSION SHALL ISSUE A FINE OF NO LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND
 DOLLARS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF  SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   5. THE COMMISSION SHALL COMPILE A SEMIANNUAL LIST OF ATTACHERS, INTER-
 NET  SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THEIR CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THREE OR
 MORE COMPLAINTS. THE COMMISSION SHALL DISTRIBUTE SUCH LIST  TO  RELEVANT
 AGENCIES  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DIVISION OF BROADBAND ACCESS,
 AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION SIXTEEN-GG OF  THE  URBAN  DEVELOPMENT  CORPO-
 RATION  ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A CONTRACTOR,
 TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR CABLE COMPANY THAT APPEARS ON THE  LIST  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED INELIGIBLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT STATE GRANTS, STATE GUARAN-
 TEED  LOANS  OR TAX BENEFITS FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE SUCH LIST IS
 PUBLISHED.
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 109-e to read as follows:
   §  109-E.  ADDITIONAL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  RIGHT-OF-WAY  PERMITS.  AS A
 REQUIREMENT OF OBTAINING A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY  PERMIT,  ALL  APPLICANTS
 SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE LOCAL PERMITTING AUTHORITY OF A MUNICIPALITY PRIOR
 TO  THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH PERMIT THE IDENTITY OF EACH CONTRACTOR, SUBCON-
 TRACTOR, OR AGENT THAT WILL PERFORM WORK AUTHORIZED BY THE PERMIT IN THE
 RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHETHER A SOLE PROPRIETOR, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR,  COMPA-
 NY,  OR OTHER ENTITY. IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THE ENTITIES THAT WILL
 PERFORM PERMITTED WORK IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AFTER SUBMISSION, THE  APPLI-
 CANT SHALL UPDATE THE MUNICIPALITY WITH THE NEW INFORMATION WITHIN TWEN-
 TY-FOUR HOURS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7544
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §119-e, Pub Serv L; add §109-e, Gen Muni L

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality and utility pole and attachment identification.

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6997A

SPONSOR: RYAN C
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law and the general municipal law, in
relation to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To ensure the enforcement of unsafe make-ready work and violations of
statutory protections of Collective Bargaining Agreements.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: This section introduces a new provision (Section 119-e) to
the Public Service Law, requiring utility pole owners and attachers to
submit detailed information about their equipment when a new pole
attachment is made, during pole modifications, repairs, or inspections.
The data will include the telecommunication or cable company that owns
the equipment, the contractor or subcontractor responsible for complet-
ing the pole attachment work, & the date of work. The data must be

submitted electronically to the Public Service Commission (PSC), which
will maintain an electronic database, PSC will establish uniform regu-
lations for submitting this information, and create an electronic
complaint form for the public and telecommunications workers to report
issues, such as violations of laws, industry standards, safety hazards,
or unsafe attachments, PSC is required to inspect complaints within two
weeks and may result in fines and penalties, with escalating fines for
repeated offenses, including a stop work order after the third
violation, PSC will compile a list of entities with multiple complaints,
and those on the list will be ineligible for state grants or loans for
three years.

Section 2: This section amends the General Municipal Law to require
applicants for a Public Right-of-Way Permit to disclose the identity of
each contractor, subcontractor, or agent who will perform work author-
ized by the permit. If there are any changes to these entities after the
submission, the applicant must update the local permitting authority
within 24 hours.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

"Make-ready" work refers to moving existing equipment to create the
necessary space on utility poles for new equipment. This work is danger-
ous and complex, and, when done incorrectly, poses threats both to work-
ers and the public. Unskilled work could leave heavy terminals and wires
hanging without the proper support; ungrounded wires could pose electro-
cution risks; Incorrect placement or overloading equipment on damaged or
decaying poles could lead to poles falling in the public right-of-way.

Unfortunately, subcontractors often evade responsibility for their work-
force and rush through work, compromising both safety and quality. This
can lead to shoddy work, accidents that endanger workers and the public,
and damaged public infrastructure. Make-ready work is increasingly
performed by subcontractors, in some cases in violation of existing
collective bargaining agreements.  By requiring utility pole owners and
attachers to identify their work, creating an accessible complaint form
to make the Public Service Commission aware of violations, and imple-
menting a penalty structure, this bill will ensure robust enforcement of
unsafe make-ready work and violations of statutory protections of
Collective Bargaining Agreements.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6997--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by  Sens.  C. RYAN,  BAILEY,  BASKIN,  GALLIVAN,  HARCKHAM,
   HINCHEY, JACKSON, MARTINEZ, MATTERA, MAYER, MURRAY,  PALUMBO,  RHOADS,
   S. RYAN,  SALAZAR,  SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Energy and  Telecommunications  --  reported  favorably  from  said
   committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on Finance -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the general municipal law, in
   relation to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality
 
   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-e to read as follows:
   § 119-E.  UTILITY  POLE  AND  ATTACHMENT  IDENTIFICATION.  1.  (A)  IN
 CONNECTION  TO A NEW POLE ATTACHMENT, OR DURING THE MODIFICATION, REPAIR
 OR INSPECTION OF A POLE OR POLE ATTACHMENT, ALL UTILITY POLE OWNERS  AND
 ATTACHERS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS INSPECTORS
 TO ENSURE PHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL ATTACHER'S AND POLE
 OWNER'S  EQUIPMENT.  SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE THE (I) TELECOMMUNI-
 CATIONS OR CABLE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO  THE  POLE,
 (II)  CONTRACTOR  OR  SUBCONTRACTOR  RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING THE POLE
 ATTACHMENT  WORK,  (III)  DATE  OF  WORK  COMMENCEMENT   AND   ESTIMATED
 COMPLETION,  AND  (IV) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSION DEEMS NECES-
 SARY TO ALLOW INSPECTORS TO ENSURE PHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION OF  OWNERSHIP
 RELATING  TO  POLE ATTACHMENTS ON A UTILITY POLE. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL
 ALSO BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE COMMISSION AND KEPT IN AN  ELEC-
 TRONIC DATABASE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED WITHIN PARAGRAPH (B)
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL KEEP A RECORD OF ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11374-03-5

 S. 6997--A                          2
 
   (C) THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE A
 UNIFORM FORMAT AND FORM FOR COMPLYING WITH PARAGRAPHS  (A)  AND  (B)  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   2. (A) THE COMMISSION SHALL CREATE AN ELECTRONIC COMPLAINT FORM, POST-
 ED TO THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE, TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND TELE-
 COMMUNICATIONS  WORKERS  TO REPORT THE FOLLOWING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS: (I)
 TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MOVED IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE  LAWS  AND
 REGULATIONS  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE
 COMMISSION RELATED TO POLE ATTACHMENTS AND THE USE  OF  ONE  TOUCH  MAKE
 READY,  (II) AN ATTACHMENT THAT DOES NOT MEET INDUSTRY STANDARDS INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL SAFETY  CODE  (NESC)  AND
 TELCORDIA  STANDARDS,  (III) AN UNSAFE ATTACHMENT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR
 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, OR A POLE THAT PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD, AND  (IV)
 ANYTHING  ELSE THE COMMISSION DEEMS NECESSARY TO PROTECT WORKERS AND THE
 PUBLIC AND ENSURE SAFE POLE ATTACHMENT WORK.
   (B) THE COMPLAINT FORM SHALL INCLUDE, AT MINIMUM,  (I)  THE  DATE  AND
 TIME OF THE COMPLAINT, (II) THE LOCATION OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATION, (III)
 A  DESCRIPTION  OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATION, AND (IV) INFORMATION REGARDING
 THE POLE OWNER, ATTACHER OR CONTRACTOR, IF AVAILABLE.  SUCH  FORM  SHALL
 ALLOW FOR THE SUBMISSION OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
   3.  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO INSPECT A REPORTED COMPLAINT
 WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE SUBMISSION OF SUCH COMPLAINT AND MAKE A DETERMI-
 NATION IF A VIOLATION HAS  OCCURRED.  IF  THE  COMMISSION  DETERMINES  A
 VIOLATION  HAS OCCURRED, THE COMMISSION SHALL NOTIFY THE RELEVANT PUBLIC
 UTILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION  OR  PERSON OR THE    OFFICERS,  ATTACHERS,
 AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF SUCH DETERMINATION.
   4.  (A)  WHERE THE COMMISSION DETERMINES A VIOLATION HAS OCCURRED, THE
 COMMISSION SHALL NOTIFY THE RELEVANT PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION
 OR PERSON OR THE OFFICERS, ATTACHERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES IN WRITING OF
 THE VIOLATION AND DISCLOSE ITS FINDINGS.
   (B) (I) SUCH PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY AND/OR  ATTACHER  SHALL  HAVE  ONE
 WEEK  FROM  THE  DATE  OF  NOTICE  TO REMEDY THE VIOLATION, WHICH MAY BE
 REDUCED OR EXTENDED BY THE COMMISSION BASED ON THE NATURE  AND  SEVERITY
 OF  THE  VIOLATION.  WHERE  THE COMMISSION DETERMINES SUCH REMEDY IS NOT
 SATISFACTORY, OR THE RELEVANT PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY,  CORPORATION    OR
 PERSON  OR  THE  OFFICERS, ATTACHERS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT REME-
 DIED THE VIOLATION WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIMEFRAME, SUCH ENTITY  SHALL  BE
 SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING FINE SCHEDULE:
   (1) UPON A FIRST VIOLATION, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY MAY BE SUBJECT UP TO
 A TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.
   (2)  UPON  A SECOND VIOLATION, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY MAY BE SUBJECT UP
 TO A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.
   (3) UPON A THIRD VIOLATION, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY MAY BE SUBJECT TO  A
 STOP WORK ORDER IN THE COUNTY WHERE ANY OF THE VIOLATIONS WERE MADE.
   (II)  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO VIOLATIONS
 OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (C) THE COMMISSION SHALL ISSUE A FINE OF UP TO TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
 FOR VIOLATIONS OF REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION  RELATED  TO
 THE USE OF ONE TOUCH MAKE READY.
   5. THE COMMISSION SHALL COMPILE A SEMIANNUAL LIST OF ATTACHERS, INTER-
 NET  SERVICE  PROVIDERS  AND  THEIR  CONTRACTORS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS
 DETERMINED COMMITTED THREE OR MORE VIOLATIONS.    THE  COMMISSION  SHALL
 DISTRIBUTE  SUCH  LIST TO RELEVANT AGENCIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 THE DIVISION OF BROADBAND ACCESS, AS ESTABLISHED IN  SECTION  SIXTEEN-GG
 OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT.
 S. 6997--A                          3
 
   §  2.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
 109-e to read as follows:
   §  109-E.  ADDITIONAL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  RIGHT-OF-WAY  PERMITS.  AS A
 REQUIREMENT OF OBTAINING A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY  PERMIT,  ALL  APPLICANTS
 SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE LOCAL PERMITTING AUTHORITY OF A MUNICIPALITY PRIOR
 TO  THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH PERMIT THE IDENTITY OF EACH CONTRACTOR, SUBCON-
 TRACTOR, OR AGENT THAT WILL PERFORM WORK AUTHORIZED BY THE PERMIT IN THE
 RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHETHER A SOLE PROPRIETOR, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR,  COMPA-
 NY,  OR OTHER ENTITY. IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THE ENTITIES THAT WILL
 PERFORM PERMITTED WORK IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AFTER SUBMISSION, THE  APPLI-
 CANT  SHALL UPDATE THE MUNICIPALITY WITH THE NEW INFORMATION WITHIN FIVE
 BUSINESS DAYS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S6997A

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

May 29, 2025 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 29, 2025

May 13, 2025 - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote

Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote: May 13, 2025

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2025-S6997 - Details

2025-S6997 - Summary

2025-S6997 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6997 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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2025-S6997 - Details

2025-S6997 - Summary

2025-S6997 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6997 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6997A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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