Bill Text: NY A05286 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Mandates that the public service commission examine a process for streamlining actions relating to identifying and removing certain utility poles that do not have any attachments and are no longer in use; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-16 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [A05286 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05286-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5286--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 12, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- recommitted to the
          Committee  on  Corporations, Authorities and Commissions in accordance
          with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  mandating  that the public service commission examine a process
          for streamlining actions relating to identifying and removing  certain
          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 commission shall initiate  a  proceeding
     2  to  examine  a  process for streamlining actions relating to identifying
     3  and removing utility poles that do not have any attachments and  are  no
     4  longer  in  use.    Every pole owner shall submit information related to
     5  such poles and other relevant information at the request of  the  public
     6  service commission. On or before September thirtieth, two thousand twen-
     7  ty-three,  the  public  service commission shall issue an order adopting
     8  the new or revised rules associated with the  matters  examined  in  the
     9  proceeding provided for in this act.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01475-02-2