Bill Text: NY A00343 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations requiring vine trimming, in addition to other maintenance procedures, for the maintenance of utility poles by the utility company or cable television company that owns such utility pole where such vine growth is likely to disrupt safe and reliable service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-08 - substituted by s2988 [A00343 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A00343-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 343--A Cal. No. 154 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring vine trimming for the maintenance of utility poles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 119-d to read as follows: 3 § 119-d. Maintenance of utility poles. On or before April first, two 4 thousand twenty-four, the commission shall promulgate rules and regu- 5 lations to require, in addition to other maintenance procedures, the 6 trimming of vines on utility poles throughout the state by the utility 7 company or cable television company that owns such utility pole where 8 such vine growth is likely to disrupt safe and reliable service. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. A LBD01136-02-3
