New York S 981: Relates to payment and retainage in construction contracts

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S00981 Summary:

BILL NOS00981 

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SPONSORROLISON

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Add §119-e, Pub Serv L

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Requires a utility corporation that trims, prunes or cuts trees, bushes or other vegetation on private property in connection with the servicing or protection of the supply or delivery lines or systems of the utility to arrange for the complete removal from the private property of the debris that results from such actions.

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BILL NOS00981 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 981

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ROLISON -- 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 utility
 corporations to remove debris attributable to servicing or protection
 of delivery lines or systems

 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. Removal of timber. A utility corporation that trims, prunes
 4 or cuts trees, bushes or other vegetation on private property in
 5 connection with the servicing or protection of the supply or delivery
 6 lines or systems of the utility shall arrange for the complete removal
 7 from the private property of the debris that results from such actions.
 8 Such removal shall include woodchip processing and/or hauling downed
 9 trees or branches to be composted, recycled or sold as tree length
 10 lumber. The cost of such removal shall be borne by the utility corpo-
 11 ration.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01596-01-5

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