S01924 Summary:

BILL NOS01924A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08590
 
SPONSORADDABBO
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S48-a, amd SS65, 66 & 80, Pub Serv L
 
Provides for a priority call system for use in connection with emergency disconnections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time in connection with the emergency disconnection of utilities.
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S01924 Actions:

BILL NOS01924A
 
01/09/2013REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
01/08/2014REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
01/31/2014AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
01/31/2014PRINT NUMBER 1924A
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S01924 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S01924 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1924--A
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
          cations in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee

          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to providing for a
          priority call system for use  in  connection  with  emergency  discon-
          nections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time
          in connection with the emergency disconnection of utilities
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  48-a to read as follows:
     3    §  48-a.  Priority  call system and reporting. 1. The commission shall
     4  establish a priority call system for use by police and fire  departments
     5  and  agencies  in  the  event of an emergency requiring disconnection of

     6  utility services provided by a corporation subject to this article. Such
     7  system shall be in operation at all times, and shall provide  access  to
     8  one or more employees of a corporation, which employees shall be author-
     9  ized  to  direct  the  immediate  disconnection.    The commission shall
    10  promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out
    11  the provisions of this section.
    12    2. Each corporation subject to the provisions of  this  article  shall
    13  establish a priority call system, in accordance with the rules and regu-
    14  lations  of  the  commission, for use by police and fire departments and
    15  agencies in  the  event  of  an  emergency  requiring  disconnection  of
    16  services provided by the corporation.

    17    3.  Each  corporation  subject to the provisions of this chapter shall
    18  annually file with the commission a report, in such form as the  commis-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04966-03-4

        S. 1924--A                          2
 
     1  sion  shall  prescribe,  detailing  the  dates and circumstances of each
     2  requested emergency disconnection, the identity of  the  person,  agency
     3  and department making the request, the response to each such request and
     4  the  time  required to accomplish the disconnection of service, together

     5  with such other information the commission deems  relevant.  Failure  to
     6  comply  with the provisions of this subdivision shall result in a penal-
     7  ty, payable to the commission, of one thousand  dollars  per  day  until
     8  such time as the completed report is filed.
     9    §  2.  Section 65 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
    10  subdivision 16 to read as follows:
    11    16. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  in  order  to  ensure
    12  adequate service, each corporation subject to this article shall assign,
    13  at a minimum, one service person for every twenty thousand people in the
    14  population in each local area served by the corporation.
    15    §  3.  Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
    16  subdivision 29 to read as follows:

    17    29. The commission shall have the power to  require  each  corporation
    18  subject  to this article, including electric corporations and gas corpo-
    19  rations, to maintain records of and file reports  regarding  the  corpo-
    20  ration's  response times in connection with the disconnection of service
    21  provided by the corporation during emergency situations and during emer-
    22  gency and/or disaster preparedness drills conducted  by  federal,  state
    23  and  local  governmental  entities, including, but not limited to police
    24  and fire departments, and to conduct audits  with  regard  thereto.  The
    25  commission  shall  have  the  power  to  examine  the  accounts,  books,
    26  contracts, records, documents and papers of any such corporation regard-

    27  ing the response time, to direct the corporation to implement any recom-
    28  mendations the commission finds to be necessary and reasonable,  and  to
    29  impose fines for the failure to follow the commission's recommendations.
    30    §  4.  Section 80 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
    31  subdivision 13 to read as follows:
    32    13. The commission shall have the power to  require  each  corporation
    33  subject  to this article to maintain records of the file reports regard-
    34  ing such corporation's response times in  connection  with  the  discon-
    35  nection  of  service  provided by the corporation during emergency situ-
    36  ations  and  during  emergency  and/or  disaster   preparedness   drills
    37  conducted  by federal, state and local governmental entities, including,

    38  but not limited to police and fire departments, and  to  conduct  audits
    39  with  regard thereto. The commission shall have the power to examine the
    40  accounts, books, contracts, records, documents and papers  of  any  such
    41  corporation  regarding the response time, to direct such corporations to
    42  implement any recommendations the commission finds to be  necessary  and
    43  reasonable,  and  to  impose fines for the failure to follow the commis-
    44  sion's recommendations.
    45    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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