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A00714 Summary:

A00714 Actions:

A00714 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Paulin      
DATE:02/12/2019AYE/NAY:19/5  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Paulin
Aye
Lawrence
Nay
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Galef
Aye
Friend
Nay
Rodriguez
Excused
Malliotakis
Aye
Quart
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Otis
Aye
Lalor
Nay
Rozic
Aye
LiPetri
Aye
Kim
Excused
Buchwald
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Richardson
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Niou
Aye
Fall
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:03/12/2019AYE/NAY:15/6  Action: Favorable         
Lentol
Aye
Ra
Nay
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Cook
Aye
Morinello
Nay
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Nay
O'Donnell
Aye
Garbarino
Nay
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Excused

A00714 Floor Votes:

A00714 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         714--A
                                                                 Cal. No. 36
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, GALEF, OTIS, SEAWRIGHT, COLTON,
          D'URSO,  ORTIZ, BARRON, RODRIGUEZ, DE LA ROSA, BUCHWALD -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A. COOK, NIOU --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- ordered to a
          third  reading,  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on
          the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to filing gas safety
          reports
 
          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  66-q to read as follows:
     3    § 66-q. Gas safety reports. 1. On or before March  fifteenth  of  each
     4  year,  each  gas corporation shall file with the department a gas safety
     5  report. The department shall review the  reports  to  monitor  each  gas
     6  corporation's  pipeline  replacement  projects  and all other activities
     7  related to providing safe and reliable gas service in order to determine
     8  whether the projects or activities are being carried  out  in  a  manner
     9  consistent  with  this  chapter, the commission's rules, regulations and
    10  orders, and any practice the department has  deemed  necessary  for  the
    11  provision of safe and reliable service, and to track how each gas corpo-
    12  ration is spending any funds allocated for pipeline replacement projects
    13  and  all  other  activities  related  to providing safe and reliable gas
    14  service.
    15    2. The gas safety report provided  for  in  subdivision  one  of  this
    16  section  shall  include  a  thorough  description and explanation of the
    17  strategic planning and decision-making methodology used to determine and
    18  prioritize pipeline replacement projects, a description  of  the  corpo-
    19  ration's  operation  and maintenance activities related to gas safety, a
    20  description of the corporation's inspections of  its  intrastate  trans-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00764-02-0
        A. 714--A                           2
 
     1  mission and distribution lines, and any other information the department
     2  may  require.  If  there  has been no substantial change in a gas corpo-
     3  ration's safety report since the gas safety report most  recently  filed
     4  with  the  department,  the corporation, with consent of the department,
     5  may file an updated version of such report.
     6    2-a. A gas corporation shall also include with its gas safety report a
     7  list of pipeline replacement projects completed  by  a  gas  corporation
     8  within  the  last  year;  such  list  shall indicate which projects were
     9  completed  with  a  gas  corporation's  own  employees  and  which  were
    10  completed  by  contractors.  The  commission may also order a gas corpo-
    11  ration to submit an independent cost benefit analysis which examines the
    12  gas corporation's use of its own employees and its use of contractors to
    13  complete pipeline replacement projects.
    14    3. If the department determines that there is a deficiency  in  a  gas
    15  corporation's  prioritization or administration of its pipeline replace-
    16  ment projects or operation and maintenance  activities  related  to  gas
    17  safety, the department shall notify the commission at the next scheduled
    18  public  session  and  shall provide a brief description of the facts and
    19  nature of the deficiency. The commission may order  reasonable  improve-
    20  ments  that  will  best promote the public interest, preserve the public
    21  health and protect those using gas pursuant to those powers provided  to
    22  the commission as provided in this chapter, including but not limited to
    23  those in section sixty-six of this article.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.