Bill Text: NY A02368 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a study on the national electric safety code line height standard for overhead utility lines and communication lines as such relate to the height of agricultural equipment and other heavy duty equipment.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-13 - substituted by s6310 [A02368 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02368-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2368

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 25, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Energy

        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring a study
          on  the  height  of  overhead utility lines and communication lines as
          such relate to the height of agricultural equipment  and  other  heavy
          duty  equipment;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
          expiration thereof

          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  28 to read as follows:
     3    § 28. Study on the height of overhead utility lines and  communication
     4  lines;  agricultural equipment. 1. The chairperson of the public service
     5  commission is hereby authorized and directed to study the implementation
     6  of this chapter of law in regard to the height of overhead communication
     7  lines or cables including but not limited to telegraph lines  and  tele-
     8  phone  lines,  and  any  other overhead utility line or cable the chair-
     9  person deems necessary to complete such study.
    10    2. The study shall include, but not be limited to examining:
    11    a. the use of and compliance with the national  electric  safety  code
    12  line height standard;
    13    b.    instances of vehicles, including but not limited to agricultural
    14  equipment and any other  off-road  heavy  duty  equipment,  coming  into
    15  contact  with  communication lines, utility lines and any other overhead
    16  line or cable; and
    17    c. whether such national electric safety code line height standard  is
    18  sufficient  with  the increased size of agricultural equipment and other
    19  off-road heavy duty equipment to ensure safe passage of  such  equipment
    20  under such lines or cables.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 2368                             2

     1    3. The study conducted pursuant to this section shall be completed and
     2  a report on such study shall be submitted to the governor and the legis-
     3  lature no later than one year after the effective date of this section.
     4    §  2.   This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     5  deemed repealed January 1, 2026.