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Senate Bill S981

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring utility corporations to remove debris attributable to servicing or protection of delivery lines or systems

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2025-S981 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §119-e, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7741

2025-S981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a utility corporation that trims, prunes or cuts trees, bushes or other vegetation on private property in connection with the servicing or protection of the supply or delivery lines or systems of the utility to arrange for the complete removal from the private property of the debris that results from such actions.

2025-S981 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    981
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ROLISON -- 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 requiring utility
   corporations  to remove debris attributable to servicing or protection
   of delivery lines or systems
 
   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. REMOVAL OF TIMBER. A UTILITY CORPORATION THAT  TRIMS,  PRUNES
 OR  CUTS  TREES,  BUSHES  OR  OTHER  VEGETATION  ON  PRIVATE PROPERTY IN
 CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICING OR PROTECTION OF THE  SUPPLY  OR  DELIVERY
 LINES  OR  SYSTEMS OF THE UTILITY SHALL ARRANGE FOR THE COMPLETE REMOVAL
 FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OF THE DEBRIS THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH  ACTIONS.
 SUCH  REMOVAL  SHALL  INCLUDE  WOODCHIP PROCESSING AND/OR HAULING DOWNED
 TREES OR BRANCHES TO BE COMPOSTED,  RECYCLED  OR  SOLD  AS  TREE  LENGTH
 LUMBER.  THE  COST  OF SUCH REMOVAL SHALL BE BORNE BY THE UTILITY CORPO-
 RATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01596-01-5

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