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NY Pub Serv L § 153 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 9 - Commissions and Offices Abolished; Saving Clause; Repeal 153 - Construction.

§ 153. Construction.      Wherever   the   terms   board  of  railroad   commissioners, or commission of gas and electricity or inspector of  gas   meters  or  board  of  rapid  transit  railroad commissioners or transit   construction commissioner or public service commission or public service   commission of the first district or public  service  commission  of  the   second  district  occur  in any law, contract or document or whenever in   any law,  contract  or  document  reference  is  made  to  such  boards,   commissions,  commissioners  or inspector, such terms or reference shall   be deemed to refer to the public service commission  as  established  by   this  chapter,  so  far  as  such  law, contract or document pertains to   matters which are within the jurisdiction of such commission.
NY Pub Serv L § 154 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 9 - Commissions and Offices Abolished; Saving Clause; Repeal 154 - Enacted Without Section Heading.

§ 154. Of  the  laws  enumerated  in the schedule hereto annexed, that   portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed. All other  acts   and  parts  of  acts  otherwise  in  conflict  with  this act are hereby   repealed.SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED.   Laws of                Chapter                Section   1890..............      565..............      38, 104, 150-172   1890..............      566..............      62-64   1891..............        4..............      1-3   1892..............      534..............      All   1892..............      676..............      Part amending L. 1890,Ch. 565, §§ 105, 162   1893..............      385..............      All   1894..............      452..............      All   1894..............      752..............      1-3   1895..............      972..............      All   1896..............      456..............      All   1897..............      486..............      All   1898..............      364..............      All   1899..............      732..............      All   1901..............      639..............      All   1902..............      373..............      All   1904..............      158..............      All   1905..............      728..............      All   1905..............      737..............      All   1907..............      429..............      All
NY Pub Serv L § 169 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 10 - Siting of Major Electric Generating Facilities 169 - Opinion to Be Issued With Decision.

§  169. Opinion to be issued with decision. In rendering a decision on   an application for a certificate,  the  board  shall  issue  an  opinion   stating  its  reasons  for the action taken. If the board has found that   any local ordinance, law, resolution, regulation or other action  issued   thereunder  or  any  other  local standard or requirement which would be   otherwise applicable is unreasonably burdensome  pursuant  to  paragraph   (e)  of  subdivision  three  of  section one hundred sixty-eight of this   article, it shall state in its opinion the reasons therefor.
NY Pub Serv L § 171 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 10 - Siting of Major Electric Generating Facilities 171 - Jurisdiction of Courts.

§  171.  Jurisdiction  of  courts.  Except  as  expressly set forth in   section one hundred seventy of this article and except for review by the   court of appeals of a decision of the appellate division of the  supreme   court  as  provided  for  therein,  no  court  of  this state shall have   jurisdiction to hear  or  determine  any  matter,  case  or  controversy   concerning  any  matter  which  was  or  could have been determined in a   proceeding under this article or to stop or delay  the  construction  or   operation  of  a  major  electric  generating facility except to enforce   compliance  with  this  article  or  the  terms  and  conditions  issued   thereunder.
NY Pub Serv L § 172 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 10 - Siting of Major Electric Generating Facilities 172 - Powers of Municipalities and State Agencies.

§ 172. Powers of municipalities and state agencies. 1. Notwithstanding   any  other provision of law, no state agency, municipality or any agency   thereof may, except as expressly authorized under this  article  by  the   board,  require  any  approval,  consent,  permit,  certificate or other   condition  for  the  construction  or  operation  of  a  major  electric   generating   facility  with  respect  to  which  an  application  for  a   certificate hereunder has been filed, including  pursuant  to  paragraph   (e)  of  subdivision  three  of  section one hundred sixty-eight of this   article, any such approval, consent, permit,  certificate  or  condition   relating  to  the  interconnection  to or use of water, electric, sewer,   telecommunication, fuel  and  steam  lines  in  public  rights  of  way,   provided  that  this  article  shall not impair or abrogate any federal,   state or local labor laws or any otherwise applicable state law for  the   protection  of  employees  engaged  in the construction and operation of   such facility; provided, however, that in the case of a municipality  or   an  agency  thereof, such municipality has received notice of the filing   of the application therefor; and provided  further,  however,  that  the   department  of environmental conservation shall be the permitting agency   for permits issued pursuant to federally delegated or approved authority   under the federal Clean Water Act, the federal Clean  Air  Act  and  the   federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. In issuing such permits,   the  commissioner  of environmental conservation shall follow procedures   established in this article to the extent that they are consistent  with   federally  delegated or approved environmental permitting authority. The   commissioner of environmental conservation shall provide such permits to   the board  prior  to  its  determination  whether  or  not  to  issue  a   certificate.   The   issuance   by   the   department  of  environmental   conservation of such permits shall in no way interfere with the required   review by the board of the anticipated environmental and health  impacts   relating  to the construction and operation of the facility as proposed,   or its authority to deny an application for  certification  pursuant  to   section  one  hundred  sixty-eight of this article, and, in the event of   such a denial, any such permits shall be deemed null and void.2. The Adirondack park agency shall not hold  public  hearings  for  a   major  electric generating facility with respect to which an application   hereunder is filed, provided that such agency has received notice of the   filing of such application.
NY Pub Serv L § 173 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 10 - Siting of Major Electric Generating Facilities 173 - Applicability to Public Authorities.

§ 173. Applicability to public authorities. The power authority of the   state  of New York, the Green Island power authority and the Long Island   power authority shall be subject to all provisions of this  article  for   major  electric generating facilities which any such authority builds or   causes to be built.  For  generating  facilities  which  are  not  major   electric  generating  facilities,  none  of  the above named authorities   shall be permitted to serve as lead agency for purposes of environmental   review pursuant to the provisions of the environmental conservation law.
NY Pub Serv L § 213 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 213 - Application of Article.

§ 213. Application  of  article.  1. Except as provided in subdivision   two of this section, the provisions of this article shall apply to every   cable television system and every cable television company  including  a   cable  television  company  which  constructs,  operates and maintains a   cable television system in whole or in part through the facilities of  a   person  franchised  to  offer  a  common  or  contract  carrier service.   Persons possessing franchises for any of the  purposes  contemplated  by   this  article,  shall  be deemed to be subject to the provisions of this   article although no property may have been acquired, business transacted   or franchises exercised.2. The provisions of  this  article  shall  not  apply  to  any  cable   television  company  with  at  least  fifty  but fewer than one thousand   subscribers, provided  however,  such  company  shall  comply  with  the   requirements  imposed by the commission concerning technical performance   and safety standards, billing practices and  consumer  complaints.  Such   company  shall  file an affidavit with the commission on or before April   first of each year stating its number  of  subscribers  as  of  December   thirty-first  of  the previous year. Failure to file the affidavit shall   subject the company to the provisions of this article and all applicable   rules and regulations of the commission.
NY Pub Serv L § 218 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 218 - Municipal Fees; Taxes or Charges.

§ 218. Municipal fees; taxes or charges. Nothing in this article shall   be  construed  to limit the power of any municipality to impose upon any   cable television company, a fee, tax or charge, provided that  any  such   fee,  tax  or  charge when added to the amount payable to the commission   pursuant to section two hundred seventeen does not  exceed  the  maximum   amount permitted by applicable federal law, rules or regulations.
NY Pub Serv L § 219 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 219 - Franchise Requirement.

§ 219. Franchise  requirement.  1.  Notwithstanding  any other law, no   cable television system, whether or not it is deemed to occupy or use  a   public  thoroughfare,  may  commence  operations  or  expand the area it   serves unless it has been franchised by each municipality  in  which  it   proposes to provide or extend service.2.  A  municipality shall have the power to require a franchise of any   cable television  system  providing  service  within  the  municipality,   notwithstanding  that  said cable television system does not occupy, use   or in any way traverse a public street. The provision of  any  municipal   charter  or  other  law  authorizing a municipality to require and grant   franchises is hereby enlarged and expanded, to the extent necessary,  to   authorize such franchises.3.  Nothing  in  this  article shall be construed to prevent franchise   requirements in excess of those prescribed  by  the  commission,  unless   such  requirement  is  inconsistent  with  this article, any regulation,   policy or procedure of the commission, or federal law.
NY Pub Serv L § 220 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 220 - Construction of Systems.

§ 220. Construction   of   systems.   Every  cable  television  system   constructed after April  first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-three  shall   comply  with such construction standards as the commission may prescribe   pursuant to subdivision two of section two hundred fifteen.
NY Pub Serv L § 222 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 222 - Transfer, Renewal or Amendment of Franchises and Transfer of Control Over Franchises and System Properties.

§ 222. Transfer,  renewal  or  amendment of franchises and transfer of   control over franchises and system properties. 1. No  transfer,  renewal   or amendment of any franchise, or any transfer of control of a franchise   or   certificate   of  confirmation  or  of  facilities  constituting  a   significant part of any  cable  television  system  shall  be  effective   without  the  prior  approval  of the commission. Such approval shall be   required in addition  to  any  municipal  approval  required  under  the   franchise  or  by  law.  For  the  purposes of this section, a merger or   consolidation of two or more cable television companies shall be  deemed   to  be  a  transfer  of  the  franchises or certificates granted to such   companies.2. A person wishing to transfer, renew or amend  a  franchise,  or  to   transfer  control  of  a  franchise  or  of  a  substantial  part of the   facilities thereof shall file with the  commission  an  application  for   approval  of  such  change, in such form and containing such information   and supporting documents as the commission may require. The  application   shall be accompanied by proof of service thereof upon the franchisor, if   any,  and by such fee as the commission may set. The commission may hold   a public hearing on any such application as set forth in subdivision two   of section two hundred twenty-one of this article.3. The commission shall approve the application unless it  finds  that   the  applicant,  the  proposed transferee or the cable television system   does not  conform  to  the  standards  established  in  the  regulations   promulgated by the commission pursuant to section two hundred fifteen of   this  article  or  that  approval  would  be  in  violation  of law, any   regulation or standard promulgated  by  the  commission  or  the  public   interest,  provided  however, that a failure to conform to the standards   established in the regulations promulgated by the commission  shall  not   preclude  approval  of any such application if the commission finds that   such approval would serve the public interest.4.  The  commission  may  approve  the  application  contingent   upon   compliance  with  standards,  terms  or conditions set by the commission   which it determines would not have been met by  the  proposed  transfer,   renewal or amendment.5.  In the event the commission refuses to approve the application, it   shall set forth in writing the reasons for its decision.6. Approval of a transfer, renewal or  amendment  under  this  section   shall not preclude invalidation of a franchise illegally obtained.
NY Pub Serv L § 223 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 223 - Interconnection and System Coordination.

§ 223. Interconnection   and   system   coordination.   Whenever   the   commission finds it to be in the public interest,  the  commission  may,   either upon application of an interested party or on its own initiative,   and   after  public  notice  and  opportunity  for  hearing,  order  the   interconnection of  cable  television  systems  and  facilities  or  the   coordinated operation of such systems and facilities. The commission may   append  to  such order such reasonable terms and conditions as will best   promote the public interest.
NY Pub Serv L § 224 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 224 - Requirement for Adequate Service.

§ 224. Requirement  for  adequate  service.  1. Every cable television   company shall provide safe, adequate and reliable service in  accordance   with applicable laws, regulations, and franchise requirements.2.  Whenever,  upon complaint or upon its own motion, and after public   notice and opportunity for hearing, the commission finds  that,  despite   its  economic feasibility, the construction or operation of a franchised   or certificated cable television system has been unreasonably delayed or   that the extension of service to any persons or  areas  within  a  cable   television  company's  territory  has been unreasonably withheld, it may   order such construction,  operation  or  extension  on  such  terms  and   conditions as it deems reasonable and in the public interest.3.  Whenever,  upon  complaint or upon its own motion and after public   notice and opportunity for hearing, the commission finds  that  a  cable   television   company   is  not  meeting  the  service  requirements  and   obligations imposed by this  article,  by  the  regulations  promulgated   hereunder or by its franchise, it may order compliance therewith on such   terms and conditions as it deems reasonable and in the public interest.4.  In  a  city  with  a  population  of  more  than  one million, the   commission  shall  designate  areas   where   significant   inconsistent   installations  of  cable  television  systems  may  be proposed, and, as   appropriate, conduct public hearings in such areas. The commission shall   also conduct such  other  proceedings  as  are  necessary  to  determine   whether  such  inconsistent installations will have an adverse impact on   the character of said areas and are warranted by economic and  technical   circumstances.  The  commission  may  order  or permit construction by a   cable television company of its facilities  in  an  inconsistent  manner   only  upon such terms and conditions as shall ensure the availability of   cable television service to the largest number of potential  subscribers   consistent  with  the  character  of  the  community  and  economic  and   technical feasibility. The commission shall enjoin construction which it   determines is contrary to the intent of this subdivision.5. Failure to comply with an order  of  the  commission  issued  under   subdivisions  two,  three  or  four of this section shall be grounds for   denial, suspension or revocation of the right to exercise a franchise or   to operate pursuant to a certificate of confirmation.
NY Pub Serv L § 224-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 224-B - Cable Bills.

§  224-b.  Cable  bills.  At  the  time  service  is  initiated  to  a   residential  customer  and  at  least  once  a  year  thereafter,  every   telephone  corporation,  as  defined in subdivision seventeen of section   two of this chapter, and every cable television company, as  defined  in   section  two  hundred twelve of this article that provides cable service   to customers in New York shall provide its customers with a notice  that   billing  statements  are available in a large print format. Upon written   request by a customer, every telephone corporation and cable  television   company  shall  provide the customer's billing statements in large print   format no later than sixty days after the date upon which the request is   received by the telephone corporation and cable television company.  The   provisions  of  this section shall apply only to printed statements. For   the purposes of this section, "large print" means a font size of sixteen   or larger to illuminate billing information.
NY Pub Serv L § 226 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 226 - Abandonment of Service.

§ 226. Abandonment   of  service.  1.  No  cable  television  company,   notwithstanding any provision in a franchise, may abandon any service or   portion thereof without giving six months' prior written notice  to  the   commission  and  to the franchisor, if any, and to the municipalities it   serves.2. When abandonment of any service is prohibited by  a  franchise,  no   cable  television  company  may  abandon  such  service  without written   consent of the franchisor, if any, and the commission. In granting  such   consent,   the   commission   may   impose  such  terms,  conditions  or   requirements as in its judgment are  necessary  to  protect  the  public   interest.
NY Pub Serv L § 227 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 11 - Provisions Relating to Cable Television Companies 227 - Termination of Franchises.

§ 227. Termination  of  franchises.  1. A franchise shall terminate at the  expiration  of  its  term  or  otherwise  in  accordance  with  the provisions  thereof,  unless,  prior  thereto,  the commission otherwise orders. The commission may so order  only  if  it  finds,  after  public notice and opportunity for a hearing, that the franchisee:  (a) has committed a material breach of its franchise or any applicable provision  of  this  article or of the regulations promulgated hereunder and has failed, without reasonable justification, to  cure  said  breach within  sixty days after having received written notice thereof from the commission, or  (b) has been adjudicated a bankrupt or has filed a voluntary  petition for  bankruptcy  or reorganization or for an order protecting its assets from the claims of creditors and the commission finds  that  termination of the franchise or certificate of confirmation under such conditions is in the best interest of the public.   2. Upon termination of a franchise or certificate of confirmation, the cable  television  company shall dispose of its facilities in accordance with the provisions of the franchise or certificate. However, on  motion of  any interested party or upon its own motion, and after public notice and opportunity for hearing, if the commission finds that the  continued presence  of  the  facilities  in  any  public thoroughfare would pose a nuisance to the municipality or  its  residents,  the  cable  television company shall remove its facilities within such period as the commission shall  order.  In the absence of any applicable franchise or certificate provision or  order  by  the  commission  to  the  contrary,  the  cable television company may abandon its facilities.