NY State Senate Bill 2023-S9260

Senate Bill S9260

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the display of a notice of responsibilities to protect underground facilities

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May 08, 2024	referred to energy and telecommunications

2023-S9260 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10003
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §119-b, Pub Serv L; amd §761, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:: S5509

2023-S9260 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides any entity which leases excavation equipment to the public with the telephone number of the system and a sample or model notice informing lessees of excavation equipment of the system and their responsibilities relating to the protection of underground facilities.

2023-S9260 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9260

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law and the general business law, in
relation to requiring the display of a notice of responsibilities to
protect underground facilities

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require entities that lease excavation equipment to
provide notice to lessees of equipment about their responsibility to
protect underground facilities.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 119-b of the public service law by adding a
new subdivision 9 requiring entities leasing excavation equipment to
provide lessees with notice of their responsibility to protect under-
ground facilities.

Section two amends subdivision 2 of section 761 of the general business
law by adding a new paragraph h stating that operators of underground
facilities provide entities that lease excavation equipment with the
telephone number of the system and a model notice to provide to equip-
ment lessees.

Section three is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Underground facilities such as pipelines and wires have been damaged in
the past by users of excavation equipment. Though there are reminders
for users of such equipment to call before digging, these incidents
continue to occur. This bill would require those leasing such equipment
to provide users with notice of their responsibility to take steps to
protect underground facilities.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2023-S9260 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9260
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public service law and the general business law, in
   relation to requiring the display of a notice of  responsibilities  to
   protect underground facilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 119-b of the  public  service  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  ANY  ENTITY  WHICH LEASES EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT TO THE PUBLIC SHALL
 PROVIDE A NOTICE TO LESSEES OF SUCH EXCAVATION  EQUIPMENT  THAT  INFORMS
 SUCH  LESSEES  ABOUT  THEIR  RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER STATE LAW TO PROTECT
 UNDERGROUND FACILITIES AND THE EXISTENCE, OPERATION, PROGRAMS, AND TELE-
 PHONE NUMBER OF THE ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 761  of  the  general  business  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph h to read as follows:
   H.  PROVIDE ANY ENTITY WHICH LEASES EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT TO THE PUBLIC
 WITH THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE SYSTEM AND A  SAMPLE  OR  MODEL  NOTICE
 INFORMING  LESSEES  OF  EXCAVATION  EQUIPMENT  OF  THE  SYSTEM AND THEIR
 RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF  UNDERGROUND  FACILITIES;
 COOPERATE  WITH  ENTITIES  THAT  LEASE EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT TO ENCOURAGE
 THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE SYSTEM TO  ENSURE  THAT  WHEN  LESSEES  LEASE
 EXCAVATION  EQUIPMENT, SUCH LESSEES RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYSTEM
 AND ABOUT THEIR OBLIGATION TO PROTECT UNDERGROUND FACILITIES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15128-01-4

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