Assembly Bill A5555

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to creating the under-grounding of electrical power or telecommunications lines fund

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A5555 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-u, St Fin L

2013-A5555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating the under-grounding of electrical power or telecommunications lines fund.

2013-A5555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5555

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BORELLI, RAIA, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. DIPIETRO, GARBARINO, KEARNS, THIELE -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the state finance  law,  in  relation  to  creating  the
  under-grounding of electrical power or telecommunications lines fund

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
99-u to read as follows:
  S  99-U.  UNDER-GROUNDING  OF  ELECTRICAL  POWER OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LINES FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY  OF  THE
STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL
REVENUE  FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "UNDER-GROUNDING OF ELECTRICAL POWER OR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINES FUND".
  2. THE FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES APPROPRIATED FOR  ITS  PURPOSE
INCLUDED  BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY FUNDS SUPPLIED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR DISASTER RECOVERY AND HAZARD MITIGATION WHICH  MAY
BE USED FOR STATE INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR.
  3.  MONIES  OF THE FUND, WHEN ALLOCATED, SHALL BE DISBURSED TO PROVIDE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF MOVING  OVERHEAD  ELECTRICAL  POWER  OR  TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS  LINES  UNDERGROUND. UNDER THE FUND COUNTIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
MAY APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FUND TO  CONTRACT  WITH  POWER  AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS  PROVIDERS  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS SECTION. COUNTIES,
TOWNS AND VILLAGES MAY SUPPLY A TWO MAN CREW AND USE OF CERTAIN  PROJECT
NECESSARY  EQUIPMENT  TO  POWER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF MOVING OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL POWER OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS  LINES
UNDERGROUND.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08704-01-3

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