Assembly Bill A8531

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to emergency response plans relating to downed wires

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A8531 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8034
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L (as proposed in S.7230 & A.237)

2023-A8531 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to emergency response plans relating to the notification of location of downed wires from a municipal emergency official and to plans to prioritize the securing of downed wires over routine maintenance or other work unrelated to a response to an emergency event.

2023-A8531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8531
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public service law, in relation to the emergency
   response plans relating to downed wires and prioritizing the  securing
   of such wires
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs (xi), (xii) and (xiii) of  paragraph  (a)  of
 subdivision  21  of  section  66 of the public service law, subparagraph
 (xi) as amended by a chapter of the laws of  2023  amending  the  public
 service  law relating to the emergency response plans relating to downed
 wires, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7230 and A. 237,  and
 subparagraphs (xii) and (xiii) as separately amended by chapters 395 and
 743 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   (xi)  appropriate  safety  precautions  regarding  electrical hazards,
 including plans to promptly secure downed wires within thirty-six  hours
 of  notification  of  the location of such downed wires from a municipal
 emergency official [or individual]; (xii) PLANS TO PRIORITIZE THE SECUR-
 ING OF DOWNED WIRES OVER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OR OTHER WORK UNRELATED  TO
 A  RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY EVENT AFTER NOTIFICATION BY AN INDIVIDUAL OF
 THE LOCATION OF SUCH DOWNED WIRES AND WHERE SUCH  NOTIFICATION  INCLUDES
 INFORMATION INDICATING WIRE BURNING, ARCING/SPARKING, OR THE RESTRICTION
 OF  INGRESS  AND  EGRESS  FROM A BUILDING OR VEHICLE, OR OTHER IMMEDIATE
 HAZARDS. SUCH PLANS SHALL, AT MINIMUM, INCLUDE PROCEDURES  TO  IDENTIFY,
 LOCATE,  AND  ASSESS  THE  REPORTED WIRE NO LATER THAN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS
 AFTER THE RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY  EVENT  ENDS;  (XIII)  plans  setting
 forth  how  the  communication  and  coordination of efforts between the
 electric corporation, electric corporation  employees,  electric  corpo-
 ration  company  crews, mutual aid crews, other utilities, local govern-
 ments and any other entity performing services to assist  such  electric
 corporation shall occur; and [(xiii)] (XIV) such other additional infor-
 mation as the commission may require.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the public service  law
 relating  to  the  emergency response plans relating to downed wires, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7230 and A. 237, takes effect.

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