Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 16, 2015 |
referred to energy |
Assembly Bill A2547
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RODRIGUEZ
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
co-Sponsors
Felix Ortiz
Michael Blake
David Buchwald
Deborah Glick
multi-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Peter Lopez
Margaret Markey
David McDonough
2015-A2547 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A2547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2547 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 16, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RODRIGUEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BROOK-KRASNY, CAMARA, CLARK, COOK, GOTTFRIED, LOPEZ, McDO- NOUGH, MONTESANO, MOSLEY, PEOPLES-STOKES, PICHARDO, SALADINO, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring liquid petroleum pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabili- tation, and replacement of equipment or pipelines that are leaking or at a high-risk of leaking THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 63-gg to read as follows: S 63-GG. PIPELINE MODERNIZATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION. 1. DEFI- NITION. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERM SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANING: "GAS PIPELINE FACILITY" MEANS (A) A DISTRIBUTION FACILITY, AND (B) A GAS UTILITY. 2. EACH OPERATOR OF A GAS PIPELINE FACILITY SHALL ACCELERATE THE REPAIR, REHABILITATION, AND REPLACEMENT OF GAS PIPING OR EQUIPMENT THAT IS: (A) LEAKING; OR (B) MAY POSE HIGH RISKS OF LEAKING, OR MAY NO LONGER BE FIT FOR SERVICE, BECAUSE OF: (I) INFERIOR MATERIALS, (II) POOR CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES, (III) LACK OF MAINTENANCE, OR (IV) AGE. 3. IN COMPLYING WITH SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSION SHALL: (A) DEVELOP PRIORITIZED TIMELINES TO REPAIR ALL LEAKS BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF THE LEAK, INCLUDING NON-HAZARDOUS LEAKS, OR REPLACE IDENTIFIED LEAKING OR HIGH-RISK PIPING OR EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING LEAKS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF AN INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT PLAN DEVELOPED UNDER THIS SECTION IF APPLICABLE; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00796-01-5
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