Bill Text: NY A00237 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to emergency response plans relating to the notification of location of downed wires from a municipal emergency official or individual.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)

Status: (Passed) 2023-11-21 - approval memo.33 [A00237 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00237-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           237

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, DICKENS, BUTTENSCHON, SEAWRIGHT, DeSTEFA-
          NO,  THIELE, SANTABARBARA, TAGUE, DURSO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,
          Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public service law, in relation to the emergency
          response plans relating to downed wires

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (xi)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of
     2  section 66 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 395  of  the
     3  laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (xi)  appropriate  safety  precautions  regarding  electrical hazards,
     5  including plans to promptly secure downed wires within thirty-six  hours
     6  of  notification  of  the location of such downed wires from a municipal
     7  emergency official or individual;
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01693-01-3