New York S 7109: Requires corporations and municipalities to notify property owners prior to beginning certain services

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S07109 Summary:

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Add §119-e, Pub Serv L

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Requires corporations and municipalities to notify property owners prior to beginning services that may interfere with a property owner's ability to enjoy, use, or access such property owner's property; exempts cases where a natural or man-made disaster or state of emergency occurs.

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04/01/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

04/04/2025RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7109

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- 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 requiring corpo-
 rations and municipalities to notify property owners prior to begin-
 ning certain services

 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
 2 119-e to read as follows:
 3 § 119-e. Notification to property owners. 1. Prior to beginning any
 4 scheduled service that may interfere with a property owner's ability to
 5 enjoy, use, or access such property owner's property, a gas corporation,
 6 an electric corporation, a gas and electric corporation, a water corpo-
 7 ration, a steam corporation, a telegraph corporation, a telephone corpo-
 8 ration or a municipality rendering equivalent utility services shall
 9 provide notice to such property owner that such service is to be
 10 performed. Such notice shall include, but not be limited to, the service
 11 to be performed, the expected duration of such service, the location of
 12 such service, any road closures or detours that shall occur due to such
 13 service, any necessary equipment, including service vehicles, that may
 14 intrude upon the property owner's property or interfere with such prop-
 15 erty owner's ability to enjoy, use, or access such property owner's
 16 property, and the contact information for the corporation or munici-
 17 pality performing such service. Notice shall be given as far in advance
 18 as circumstances may allow, but shall be given no more than thirty days
 19 in advance of the start date of such service and no less than five days
 20 in advance of the start of such service.
 21 2. A gas corporation, an electric corporation, a gas and electric
 22 corporation, a water corporation, a steam corporation, a telegraph
 23 corporation, a telephone corporation or a municipality rendering equiv-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11470-01-5

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 1 alent utility services subject to the provisions of this section shall
 2 provide notice to property owners, in writing or, when appropriate, via
 3 electronic transmission and shall further make reasonable efforts to
 4 contact property owners prior to beginning any scheduled service that
 5 may interfere with a property owner's ability to enjoy, use, or access
 6 such property owner's property.
 7 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of a
 8 natural or man-made disaster or state of emergency pursuant to article
 9 two-B of the executive law.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
 12 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 13 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 14 completed on or before such effective date.

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