| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 01, 2025 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Senate Bill S7094
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
Actions
2025-S7094 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S7094 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7094
SPONSOR: LANZA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to directing the
public service commission to require public utility companies to remove
or relocate utility poles upon the completion of public roadway improve-
ments
PURPOSE:
Directs the public service commission to implement rules requiring
public utility companies to remove or relocate their utility poles when
necessary for road improvement.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill amends section 5 of the public service law by
adding subdivision 7.
Section two is the effective date.
2025-S7094 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7094
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 1, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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, in relation to directing the
public service commission to require public utility companies to
remove or relocate utility poles upon the completion of public roadway
improvements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS
REQUIRING EACH PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY, WHICH EXERCISES CONTROL OVER
UTILITY POLES, TO REMOVE OR RELOCATE ANY SUCH POLES AS SHALL BE DETER-
MINED TO BE NECESSARY BY THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF
IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OR IMPROVEMENT OF ANY PUBLIC ROADWAY
BY THE STATE OR SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. SUCH UTILITY POLES SHALL BE
REMOVED OR RELOCATED, AS THE CASE MAY BE, WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE
RECEIPT BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY OF NOTICE, FROM THE STATE OR A
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, THAT THE PUBLIC ROADWAY HAS BEEN COMPLETED OR
IMPROVED.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11336-01-5
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