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                                    419
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  LIU,  ADDABBO, JACKSON, PERSAUD -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Cities 1
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to repair or replacement of damaged residential lateral sewer
   and water pipes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 by adding two new sections 24-316.1 and 24-532.1 to read as follows:
   § 24-316.1 WATER LATERAL PIPE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.   WHEN  AT  LEAST
 THREE  PROPERTIES  WITHIN A RADIUS OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY FEET HAVE BEEN
 ISSUED A THREE-DAY NOTICE TO REPAIR A DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL LATERAL  WATER
 PIPE  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  (P) OF SECTION 20-02 OF TITLE 15 OF THE
 RULES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK WITHIN  A  SIX-MONTH  PERIOD,  AND,  AFTER
 INVESTIGATION  BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE CITY
 OF NEW YORK AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT EVIDENCE TO SUCH DEPARTMENT, IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY SUCH DEPARTMENT, BY ANY  APPLICABLE
 PUBLIC  UTILITY COMPANY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE
 LAW, SUCH DEPARTMENT CONCLUDES, BASED ON SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, THAT  THE
 INFRASTRUCTURE,  ELECTRIC  CURRENT  OR OTHER ACTIVITY OF ANY SUCH PUBLIC
 UTILITY COMPANY WAS A CAUSE OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE  TO  SUCH  RESIDENTIAL
 LATERAL WATER PIPE, SUCH PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
 THE  REPAIR  OR  REPLACEMENT  OF  SUCH PIPE. IN ANY INVESTIGATION BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 APPLICABLE  PUBLIC  UTILITY  COMPANY  SHALL COOPERATE WITH SUCH INVESTI-
 GATION, AND COMPLY WITH ANY REQUESTS BY SUCH DEPARTMENT RELATING TO SUCH
 INVESTIGATION. ANY PUBLIC  UTILITY  FOUND  TO  HAVE  CAUSED  SIGNIFICANT
 DAMAGE,  AFTER  AN  INVESTIGATION  AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, SHALL BE
 RESPONSIBLE FOR  ALL  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  SUCH  INVESTIGATION,  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 419                              2
 
 PAYMENT  SHALL BE DUE FOR SUCH COSTS WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE DEPART-
 MENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS ISSUED ITS CONCLUSION.
   §  24-532.1  SEWER  LATERAL PIPE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.  WHEN AT LEAST
 THREE PROPERTIES WITHIN A RADIUS OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY FEET  HAVE  BEEN
 ISSUED  A THREE-DAY NOTICE TO REPAIR A DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL LATERAL SEWER
 PIPE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (P) OF SECTION 20-02 OF  TITLE  15  OF  THE
 RULES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW YORK WITHIN A SIX-MONTH PERIOD, AND, AFTER
 INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE  CITY
 OF NEW YORK AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT EVIDENCE TO SUCH DEPARTMENT, IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY SUCH DEPARTMENT, BY ANY APPLICABLE
 PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC  SERVICE
 LAW,  SUCH DEPARTMENT CONCLUDES, BASED ON SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, THAT THE
 INFRASTRUCTURE, ELECTRIC CURRENT OR OTHER ACTIVITY OF  ANY  SUCH  PUBLIC
 UTILITY  COMPANY  WAS A CAUSE OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FOR SUCH RESIDENTIAL
 LATERAL SEWER PIPE, SUCH PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
 THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF SUCH PIPE.  IN  ANY  INVESTIGATION  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE
 APPLICABLE PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY SHALL  COOPERATE  WITH  SUCH  INVESTI-
 GATION, AND COMPLY WITH ANY REQUESTS BY SUCH DEPARTMENT RELATING TO SUCH
 INVESTIGATION.  ANY  PUBLIC  UTILITY  FOUND  TO  HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT
 DAMAGE, AFTER AN INVESTIGATION AS PROVIDED IN  THIS  SECTION,  SHALL  BE
 RESPONSIBLE  FOR  ALL  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  SUCH  INVESTIGATION, AND
 PAYMENT SHALL BE DUE FOR SUCH COSTS WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE  DEPART-
 MENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS ISSUED ITS CONCLUSION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.