S 1837: Requires a study on the national electric safety code line height standard for overhead utility lines and communication lines as such relate to the height of agricultural equipment and other heavy duty equipment.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1837 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 a study on the height of overhead utility lines and communication lines as such relate to the height of agricultural equipment and other heavy duty equipment; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof 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 28 to read as follows: 3 § 28. Study on the height of overhead utility lines and communication 4 lines; agricultural equipment. 1. The chairperson of the public service 5 commission is hereby authorized and directed to study the implementation 6 of this chapter of law in regard to the height of overhead communication 7 lines or cables including but not limited to telegraph lines and tele- 8 phone lines, and any other overhead utility line or cable the chair- 9 person deems necessary to complete such study. 10 2. The study shall include, but not be limited to examining: 11 a. the use of and compliance with the national electric safety code 12 line height standard; 13 b. instances of vehicles, including but not limited to agricultural 14 equipment and any other off-road heavy duty equipment, coming into 15 contact with communication lines, utility lines and any other overhead 16 line or cable; and 17 c. whether such national electric safety code line height standard is 18 sufficient with the increased size of agricultural equipment and other 19 off-road heavy duty equipment to ensure safe passage of such equipment 20 under such lines or cables. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05425-01-5 
 S. 1837 2 1 3. The study conducted pursuant to this section shall be completed and 2 a report on such study shall be submitted to the governor and the legis- 3 lature no later than one year after the effective date of this section. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 5 deemed repealed January 1, 2028.