S 4201: Expedites MTA capital project improvement, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation by establishing a process for utility relocation necessary for such project.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4201 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, BRISPORT, FERNANDEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to expediting metropolitan commuter transportation authority capital project construction by establishing a process for utility relocation neces- sary for such construction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 12-b to read as follows: 3 12-b. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "required work" 4 shall mean any necessary removal, relocation, protection, or replacement 5 of any pipes, mains, conduits or other infrastructure of any public 6 service corporation and any fixtures and appliances connected therewith 7 or attached thereto, either temporarily or permanently. Whenever the 8 authority determines that any required work exists in connection with 9 the improvement, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of a 10 transportation facility, all of the following provisions shall apply: 11 (a) The design for such required work shall be prepared by the author- 12 ity or the authority's contractor. Such design shall be subject to the 13 review and approval of the public service corporation, which shall not 14 be unreasonably withheld. Such review and approval shall be completed 15 within thirty days, or within such other reasonable period of time as 16 may be determined by the authority after consultation with the public 17 service corporation. 18 (b) In reviewing and approving designs for such required work, a 19 public service corporation shall not create the need for another public 20 service corporation to remove or relocate its pipes, mains, conduits or 21 other infrastructure without the agreement of the authority. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00030-01-5 
 S. 4201 2 1 (c) In reviewing and approving designs for such required work, a 2 public service corporation shall not require the authority to provide 3 for anticipated future service increases or other betterments, other 4 than to comply with current standards, without the authority's agree- 5 ment. Betterments to comply with current standards shall only be 6 required by the public service corporation within the area of such 7 required work. 8 (d) The authority shall bear the cost of all work performed by its own 9 contractors. 10 (e) Where the public service corporation determines that it shall 11 perform any portion of such required work, such portion of such required 12 work shall be performed according to a schedule determined by the 13 authority after consultation with the public service corporation, 14 provided that such schedule is reasonable and that the authority 15 provides at least thirty days' notice. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.