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What is NYC AC § 24-418?

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This section outlines the procedure for the removal or underground placement of electrical conductors as mandated by the commissioner of transportation. It includes provisions for notifying owners or operators and allowing them to present expert opinions regarding the timeline for compliance. Applies to owners or operators of electrical conductors in the city.

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§ 24-418 Procedure.

AC § 24-418

The commissioner of transportation shall fix the time within which electrical conductors must be placed underground, and shall notify the owners or operators of any such electrical conductors in the city that such conductors must be removed or placed underground, in accordance with the resolution of the board of estimate. He or she shall give all persons or corporations owning or operating such electrical conductors, an opportunity to be heard on the question of the time necessary to place them underground, and shall hear such expert opinion as he or she may think advisable. Such owners or operators of electrical conductors above ground in such street or locality shall be required to remove all of such poles, wires or other electrical conductors and supporting fixtures or other devices from any such street or locality within thirty days after the expiration of the time so fixed by the commissioner of transportation.

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