Assembly Actions -
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Jun 05, 2012 |
held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Jan 18, 2011 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A2321
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PRETLOW
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-A2321 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §119-b, Pub Serv L; amd §760, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A2466
2013-2014: A3964
2015-2016: A2648
2017-2018: A1016
2019-2020: A3260
2021-2022: A1696
2023-2024: A4459
2011-A2321 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2321 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law and the general business law, in relation to excavation of underground facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs b and d of subdivision 1 of section 119-b of the public service law, as added by chapter 445 of the laws of 1995, are amended to read as follows: b. "Excavation" means [an] ANY operation [for the purpose of movement or removal of] IN WHICH earth, rock or other materials in or on the ground [by use of mechanized equipment or by blasting, and includes] ARE MOVED, REMOVED OR OTHERWISE DISPLACED BY MEANS OF ANY TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR EXPLOSIVE INCLUDING, but [is] not limited to, auguring, backfilling, boring, drilling, grading, plowing in, pulling in, trenching [and], tunneling, DIGGING, SAW CUTTING, JACK HAMMERING, MILLING TO A DEPTH OF GREATER THAN SIX INCHES, SCRAPING, TREE AND ROOT REMOVAL, CABLE OR PIPE PLOWING, AND FENCE POST OR PILE DRIVING; provided, however, that the [movement of earth by tools manipulated only by human or animal power and the] tilling of soil for agricultural purposes OR ROUTINE RESIDEN- TIAL PROPERTY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY MAINTENANCE OR LANDSCAPING ACTIVITIES PERFORMED WITH NON-POWERED EQUIPMENT shall not be deemed excavation. d. "Underground facilities" means pipelines, conduits, ducts, cables, wires, manholes, vaults or other such facilities or their attachments, which [have been installed] ARE underground AND ARE UTILIZED by an oper- ator to provide services or materials. Such term shall not include oil and gas production and gathering pipeline systems used primarily to collect oil or gas production from wells. S 2. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 760 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 685 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02461-01-1
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