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A05666 Summary:

BILL NOA05666 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01248

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SPONSOREachus

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Colton, Zinerman

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §48-b, amd §§65, 66 & 80, Pub Serv L

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Provides for a priority call system for use in connection with emergency disconnections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time in connection with the emergency disconnection of utilities.

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BILL NOA05666 

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02/19/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5666

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, COLTON, ZINERMAN -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and
 Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to providing for a
 priority call system for use in connection with emergency discon-
 nections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time
 in connection with the emergency disconnection of utilities

 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 48-b to read as follows:
 3 § 48-b. Priority call system and reporting. 1. The commission shall
 4 establish a priority call system for use by police and fire departments
 5 and agencies in the event of an emergency requiring disconnection of
 6 utility services provided by a corporation subject to this article. Such
 7 system shall be in operation at all times, and shall provide access to
 8 one or more employees of a corporation, which employees shall be author-
 9 ized to direct the immediate disconnection. The commission shall
 10 promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out
 11 the provisions of this section.
 12 2. Each corporation subject to the provisions of this article shall
 13 establish a priority call system, in accordance with the rules and regu-
 14 lations of the commission, for use by police and fire departments and
 15 agencies in the event of an emergency requiring disconnection of
 16 services provided by the corporation.
 17 3. Each corporation subject to the provisions of this chapter shall
 18 annually file with the commission a report, in such form as the commis-
 19 sion shall prescribe, detailing the dates and circumstances of each
 20 requested emergency disconnection, the identity of the person, agency
 21 and department making the request, the response to each such request and
 22 the time required to accomplish the disconnection of service, together

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03056-01-5

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 1 with such other information the commission deems relevant. Failure to
 2 comply with the provisions of this subdivision shall result in a penal-
 3 ty, payable to the commission, of one thousand dollars per day until
 4 such time as the completed report is filed.
 5 § 2. Section 65 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
 6 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
 7 17. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to ensure
 8 adequate service, each corporation subject to this article shall assign,
 9 at a minimum, one service person for every twenty thousand people in the
 10 population in each local area served by the corporation.
 11 § 3. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
 12 subdivision 33 to read as follows:
 13 33. The commission shall have the power to require each corporation
 14 subject to this article, including electric corporations and gas corpo-
 15 rations, to maintain records of and file reports regarding the corpo-
 16 ration's response times in connection with the disconnection of service
 17 provided by the corporation during emergency situations and during emer-
 18 gency and/or disaster preparedness drills conducted by federal, state
 19 an