Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Assembly Bill A10718
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JACOBSON
Current 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
Angelo Santabarbara
2023-A10718 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S9655
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §119-e, Pub Serv L
2023-A10718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10718 I N A S S E M B L Y September 18, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jacobson, Santabarbara) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo- rations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring utility companies to report on utility poles and remove unused utility poles in the public right-of-way 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-e to read as follows: § 119-E. UTILITY POLES. 1. THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE EACH REGULATED UTILITY COMPANY TO SUBMIT A UTILITY POLE LOCATION REPORT THAT INCLUDES EACH UTILITY POLE OWNED BY SUCH UTILITY THAT EXISTS WITHIN A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE REPORT SHALL SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATE OWNED POLES CURRENTLY IN USE BY A UTILITY OR UTILITIES WITHIN A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATE OWNED POLES ON SUCH LIST THAT ARE NO LONGER IN USE BY SUCH UTILITY OR ANY OTHER UTILITY WITHIN A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF- WAY. SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION RELATING TO ANY OWNED UTILITY POLES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY BY SUCH UTILITY SINCE THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S UTILITY POLE LOCATION REPORT AND ANY OWNED UTILITY POLES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REMOVED BY SUCH UTILITY FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY SINCE SUCH PREVIOUS YEAR'S REPORT. 2. SUCH REGULATED UTILITY COMPANY SHALL DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE REMOVAL OF ANY UTILITY POLE THAT IS NO LONGER IN USE BY ANY UTILITY WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SUCH POLE SHALL BE REMOVED NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE FROM WHICH IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS NO LONGER IN USE BY A UTILITY POLE LOCATION REPORT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE A FINE FOR THE FAILURE OF A UTILITY TO REMOVE AN OWNED UTILITY POLE NO LONGER IN USE BY SUCH UTILITY OR ANY OTHER UTILITY OF UP TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER POLE PER YEAR. A UTILITY COMPANY MAY APPEAL SUCH FINE IN A FORM AND MANNER DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION. 3. SUCH REPORTS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION, THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SENATE INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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