STATE OF NEW YORK
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7230
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 18, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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, in relation to the emergency
response plans relating to downed wires
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (xi) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of
2 section 66 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 395 of the
3 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
4 (xi) appropriate safety precautions regarding electrical hazards,
5 including plans to promptly secure downed wires within thirty-six hours
6 of notification of the location of such downed wires from a municipal
7 emergency official or individual;
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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