Senate Bill S8034

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to emergency response plans relating to downed wires

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Current Bill Status Via A8531 - 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-S8034 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8531
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L (as proposed in S.7230 & A.237)

2023-S8034 (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-S8034 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8034 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8034
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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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