Relates to utility intervenor reimbursement to a participant for its reasonable costs of participation in any proceeding before the Public Service Commission (PSC).
Provides for protection of certain streams; adds class C streams to the list of protected streams; exempts soil and water conservation districts which have an MOU with the department of environmental conservation from certain permitting requirements.
Provides a 10 year period of probable usefulness for broadband and related telecommunications infrastructure.
Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the confidentiality of certain records.
Requires the disclosure of insurance information, including the name of the insurance company, the amount of coverage and what is covered under their plan, on permit applications for the construction of pipelines upon any freshwater wetlands.
Enacts the lead pipe right to know act requiring public water systems to take service line inventories and make such information available to the public.
Establishes a retirement service credit for volunteer fire or emergency service.
Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.
