Bill Text: NY A00485 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to developing statewide standards for color coding all conduits used, operated or owned by public service corporations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A00485 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00485-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           485
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to developing state-
          wide standards for color coding all conduits used, operated  or  owned
          by public service corporations for identification purposes
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by adding  a
     2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7.  On  or before January first, two thousand eighteen, the commission
     4  shall develop rules and regulations mandating  statewide  standards  for
     5  color  coding  all  lines, wires, cables, and conduits used, operated or
     6  owned by  utility  corporations,  steam  corporations,  electric  corpo-
     7  rations,  gas  corporations, telephone corporations and telegraph corpo-
     8  rations, as such corporations are defined in section two of  this  arti-
     9  cle,  to  facilitate  identification  of  such  lines, wires, cables and
    10  conduits during times of  emergency  and/or  natural  disaster.    Color
    11  coding shall be accomplished by placement of tags on each connecting end
    12  of all lines, wires, cables and conduits and on all utility poles.  Such
    13  rules  and regulations shall apply to all lines, wires, cables, conduits
    14  and utility poles installed or repaired by such corporations on or after
    15  January first, two thousand eighteen.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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