Bill Text: NY S05163 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5163 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-20 - signed chap.505 [S05163 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05163-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5163
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 11, 2019
                                       ___________
        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