Requires an excavator to notify 911 in the event of an electrical short or the escape of gas or hazardous fluids endangering life where damage has resulted to an underground facility.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5163
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 11, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to notification by
an excavator of damage to an underground facility
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 764 of the general business law,
2 as amended by chapter 333 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 5. In the event of contact with and/or damage to an underground facil-
5 ity, the excavator shall immediately notify the operator of the facility
6 and no backfilling shall be done by the excavator until inspection
7 and/or repairs have been made by the operator and no repairs shall be
8 undertaken by the excavator until authorized by the operator. In the
9 event of an electrical short or the escape of gas or hazardous fluids
10 endangering life, the excavator shall immediately notify the operator of
11 the electric, gas or hazardous liquid underground facility and [the fire
12 department] 911, and all persons who might be endangered and assist in
13 the evacuation of such persons.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
15 manner as section 6 of chapter 333 of the laws of 2018, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10938-01-9
