Bill Text: NY S07230 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7230

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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A237 [S07230 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07230-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7230

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations

        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