New York S 8042: Requires law enforcement and district attorneys offices to advise human trafficking victims of the availability of social and legal services

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S08042 Summary:

BILL NOS08042A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07625-A

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRMAY, RHOADS, RYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §66-x, amd §66-u, Pub Serv L

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Requires gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of equipment or pipelines that are leaking or leak prone and increase safety reporting relating to gas pipeline leaks; requires the public service commission to establish timelines for the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of leaking or leak prone infrastructure; requires the commission to provide a gas safety report to the legislature.

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BILL NOS08042A

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/29/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/29/2025PRINT NUMBER 8042A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8042--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring gas
 pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and
 replacement of equipment or pipelines that are leaking or leak prone
 and increase safety reporting relating to gas pipeline leaks

 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-x to read as follows:
 3 § 66-x. Gas pipeline modernization and consumer protection. 1. As used
 4 in this section:
 5 (a) "gas pipeline facility" means a gas distribution facility or a gas
 6 utility; and
 7 (b) "leak prone" means posing a high risk of leaking, or being no
 8 longer fit for service, because of inferior materials, poor construction
 9 practices, lack of maintenance, or age.
 10 2. Each operator of a gas pipeline facility shall:
 11 (a) provide the commission with an inventory of all gas piping or
 12 equipment within the operator's service area that is leaking or leak
 13 prone;
 14 (b) repair, rehabilitate, or replace any portion of leaking gas piping
 15 to cease such leak within the timeframes established by the commission
 16 pursuant to subdivision three of this section; and
 17 (c) replace leak prone pipe within the timeframes established by the
 18 commission pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
 19 3. The commission shall:
 20 (a) set standards for designating piping as leaking or leak prone;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06373-04-5

 S. 8042--A 2

 1 (b) develop prioritized timelines requiring an operator of gas pipe-
 2 line facilities to repair, rehabilitate, or replace all leaking gas
 3 piping or equipment within an operator's service area, including non-ha-
 4 zardous leaks and leaks identified as part of an integrity management
 5 plan developed under this section if applicable;
 6 (c) develop prioritized timelines requiring an operator of a gas pipe-
 7 line facility to repair, rehabilitate, or replace identified leak prone
 8 piping or equipment;
 9 (d) adopt a cost-recovery program that includes (i) replacement plans
 10 with targets and benchmarks for leaking and leak prone infrastructure,
 11 (ii) consideration of the economic, safety, and environmental benefits
 12 of reduced gas leakage, including consideration of reduced operation and
 13 maintenance costs and reduced costs attributable to reductions in lost
 14 or unaccounted-for natural gas, and (iii) reporting on the reductions in
 15 lost or unaccounted-for gas as a result of pipeline replacements
 16 required by this section;
 17 (e) adopt a standard definition and methodology for calculating and
 18 reporting unaccounted-for gas to improve data quality;
 19 (f) a