Bill Text: NY A11016 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 11016 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-09 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A11016 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A11016-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11016

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    September 9, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) --
          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 added by section 4 of part X of
     3  chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, 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; and
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17101-01-0