Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 19, 2022 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A8916
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
FAHY
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
2021-A8916 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A8916 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires corporations and municipalities to notify property owners prior to beginning services that may interfere with a property owner's ability to enjoy, use, or access such property owner's property; exempts cases where a natural or man-made disaster or state of emergency occurs.
2021-A8916 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8916 I N A S S E M B L Y January 19, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring corpo- rations and municipalities to notify property owners prior to begin- ning certain services 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 119-d to read as follows: § 119-D. NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS. 1. PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY SCHEDULED SERVICE THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH A PROPERTY OWNER'S ABILITY TO ENJOY, USE, OR ACCESS SUCH PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY, A GAS CORPORATION, AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A WATER CORPO- RATION, A STEAM CORPORATION, A TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, A TELEPHONE CORPO- RATION OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO SUCH PROPERTY OWNER THAT SUCH SERVICE IS TO BE PERFORMED. SUCH NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE SERVICE TO BE PERFORMED, THE EXPECTED DURATION OF SUCH SERVICE, THE LOCATION OF SUCH SERVICE, ANY ROAD CLOSURES OR DETOURS THAT SHALL OCCUR DUE TO SUCH SERVICE, ANY NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING SERVICE VEHICLES, THAT MAY INTRUDE UPON THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY OR INTERFERE WITH SUCH PROP- ERTY OWNER'S ABILITY TO ENJOY, USE, OR ACCESS SUCH PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY, AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE CORPORATION OR MUNICI- PALITY PERFORMING SUCH SERVICE. NOTICE SHALL BE GIVEN AS FAR IN ADVANCE AS CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ALLOW, BUT SHALL BE GIVEN NO MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE START DATE OF SUCH SERVICE AND NO LESS THAN FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE START OF SUCH SERVICE. 2. A GAS CORPORATION, AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A WATER CORPORATION, A STEAM CORPORATION, A TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, A TELEPHONE CORPORATION OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIV- ALENT UTILITY SERVICES SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS, IN WRITING OR, WHEN APPROPRIATE, VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION AND SHALL FURTHER MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO CONTACT PROPERTY OWNERS PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY SCHEDULED SERVICE THAT EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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