Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 09, 2020 |
print number 10900a |
Sep 09, 2020 |
amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Aug 17, 2020 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A10900A
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JACOBSON
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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Inez E. Dickens
Jo Anne Simon
Karines Reyes
Fred Thiele
2019-A10900 - Details
2019-A10900 - Summary
Directs the public service commission to study the feasibility and the costs of burying all or most of the electrical, telephone and internet transmission lines in New York state and to publish and deliver a report of its findings to the governor and the legislature, and requires new electrical, telephone and internet transmission lines to be buried underground.
2019-A10900 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10900 I N A S S E M B L Y August 17, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jacobson) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to directing the public service commission study the feasibility and the costs of bury- ing all or most of the electrical, telephone and internet transmission lines in New York state and to publish and deliver a report of its findings to the governor and the legislature, and requiring new elec- trical, telephone and internet transmission lines to be buried under- ground 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 two new sections 119-d and 119-e to read as follows: § 119-D. BURIED LINE STUDY. 1. THE COMMISSION SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY TO ANALYZE THE FEASIBILITY AND THE COSTS OF BURYING UNDERGROUND ALL OR MOST OF THE EXISTING ELECTRICAL, TELEPHONE AND INTERNET TRANSMISSION LINES IN NEW YORK STATE. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF: (A) THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FROM BURYING SUCH EXISTING LINES; AND (B) THE ECONOMIC COST BURDEN OF DOING SO, IF ANY, INCLUDING AN ESTI- MATE OF WHAT THE COST PER UTILITY CUSTOMER WOULD BE, THE NUMBER OF JOBS TO BE CREATED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND A TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. 2. IN ANALYZING COSTS AND BENEFITS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER THE VARYING GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE STATE AND REPORT SEPARATELY ON THE IMPACT PARTICULAR AREAS MIGHT HAVE ON THE PROJECT. THE STUDY SHALL ALSO QUANTIFY THE ECONOMIC COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BURYING EXISTING ELECTRICAL, TELEPHONE AND INTERNET TRANSMISSION LINES TO UTILITY CUSTOMERS AND SHALL DISAGGREGATE THE RESULTS BY UTILI- TY. 3. WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSION SHALL: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Inez E. Dickens
Jo Anne Simon
Karines Reyes
Fred Thiele
2019-A10900A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A10900A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the public service commission to study the feasibility and the costs of burying all or most of the electrical, telephone and internet transmission lines in New York state and to publish and deliver a report of its findings to the governor and the legislature, and requires new electrical, telephone and internet transmission lines to be buried underground.
2019-A10900A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10900--A I N A S S E M B L Y August 17, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jacobson, Dickens, Simon, Reyes, Thiele, Galef, Gottfried, Stern, Zebrowski, D'Urso, Colton, Englebright, Magnarelli, L. Rosenthal, Brabenec) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to directing the public service commission study the feasibility and the costs of bury- ing all or most of the electrical, telephone and internet transmission lines in New York state and to publish and deliver a report of its findings to the governor and the legislature, and requiring new elec- trical, telephone and internet transmission lines to be buried under- ground 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 two new sections 119-d and 119-e to read as follows: § 119-D. BURIED LINE STUDY. 1. THE COMMISSION SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY TO ANALYZE THE FEASIBILITY AND THE COSTS OF BURYING UNDERGROUND ALL OR MOST OF THE EXISTING ELECTRICAL, TELEPHONE AND INTERNET TRANSMISSION LINES IN NEW YORK STATE. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF: (A) THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FROM BURYING SUCH EXISTING LINES; AND (B) THE ECONOMIC COST BURDEN OF DOING SO, IF ANY, INCLUDING AN ESTI- MATE OF WHAT THE COST PER UTILITY CUSTOMER WOULD BE, THE NUMBER OF JOBS TO BE CREATED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND A TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. 2. IN ANALYZING COSTS AND BENEFITS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER THE VARYING GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE STATE AND REPORT SEPARATELY ON THE IMPACT PARTICULAR AREAS MIGHT HAVE ON THE PROJECT. THE STUDY SHALL ALSO QUANTIFY THE ECONOMIC COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BURYING EXISTING ELECTRICAL, TELEPHONE AND INTERNET TRANSMISSION LINES TO UTILITY CUSTOMERS AND SHALL DISAGGREGATE THE RESULTS BY UTILI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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