Assembly Bill A1205

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to developing statewide standards for color coding all conduits used, operated or owned by public service corporations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A1205 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A3811
2015-2016: A890
2017-2018: A485

2019-A1205 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to developing statewide standards for color coding all conduits used, operated or owned by public service corporations.

2019-A1205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1205
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to developing state-
   wide standards for color coding all conduits used, operated  or  owned
   by public service corporations for identification purposes

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  ON  OR  BEFORE  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE COMMISSION
 SHALL DEVELOP RULES AND REGULATIONS MANDATING  STATEWIDE  STANDARDS  FOR
 COLOR  CODING  ALL  LINES, WIRES, CABLES, AND CONDUITS USED, OPERATED OR
 OWNED BY  UTILITY  CORPORATIONS,  STEAM  CORPORATIONS,  ELECTRIC  CORPO-
 RATIONS,  GAS  CORPORATIONS, TELEPHONE CORPORATIONS AND TELEGRAPH CORPO-
 RATIONS, AS SUCH CORPORATIONS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF  THIS  ARTI-
 CLE,  TO  FACILITATE  IDENTIFICATION  OF  SUCH  LINES, WIRES, CABLES AND
 CONDUITS DURING TIMES OF  EMERGENCY  AND/OR  NATURAL  DISASTER.    COLOR
 CODING SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY PLACEMENT OF TAGS ON EACH CONNECTING END
 OF ALL LINES, WIRES, CABLES AND CONDUITS AND ON ALL UTILITY POLES.  SUCH
 RULES  AND REGULATIONS SHALL APPLY TO ALL LINES, WIRES, CABLES, CONDUITS
 AND UTILITY POLES INSTALLED OR REPAIRED BY SUCH CORPORATIONS ON OR AFTER
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00133-01-9

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