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Senate Bill S4038
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S4038 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §206, Pub Health L; amd §§444-g & 466, RP L; amd §97-b, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S4755
2009-S4038 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Creates the well water education act; requires the department of health to establish and maintain a public education program on the potential hazards of well water; requires home inspectors, licensed real estate agents and brokers to provide well water education materials to prospective buyers of property where such property is serviced by a private well.
2009-S4038 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4038 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, the real property law and the state finance law, in relation to enacting the well water education act PURPOSE : To inform the public of the potential health effects of consuming water that does not meet the state drinking water standards. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 creates the Well Water Education Act. Section 2 amends Section 206 of the Public Health Law to authorize and direct the Commissioner of the Department of Health to establish and maintain a public education program regarding the potential health effects of consuming water that does not meet the state drinking water standards. Section 3 amends Section 444-g of the Real Property Law to require home inspectors to provide each client whose potential residence is served by a private well with educational materials prepared by the Department of Health.
2009-S4038 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4038 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAND -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, the real property law and the state finance law, in relation to enacting the well water education act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "well water education act". S 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 26 to read as follows: 26. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH AND MAIN- TAIN A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINES OF THE POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF CONSUMING WATER THAT DOES NOT MEET STATE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS. AS PART OF THIS EDUCATION PROGRAM, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PREPARE MATERIALS TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS WHO OBTAIN DRINKING WATER FROM PRIVATE WELLS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF REGULARLY TESTING FOR CONTAMINATION. (A) SUCH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: (I) INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS INCLUDING: COLIFORM BACTE- RIA, CHLORIDES, SODIUM, ARSENIC, NITRATES, IRON, MANGANESE, LEAD, PH, VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR WHICH MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS, VINYL CHLORIDE, MTBE, AND RADON; (II) AN EXPLANATION THAT CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER CAN OCCUR FROM MIGRATION OF CONTAMINANTS THAT MAY NOT YET HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. FURTHER, IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THAT CONTAMINATED WATER DOES NOT NECES- SARILY RESULT IN OBVIOUS ODORS OR COLOR CHANGES IN DRINKING WATER AND THAT THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THAT WATER MEETS STATE DRINKING WATER STAND- ARDS IS TO HAVE IT TESTED BY A STATE CERTIFIED LABORATORY; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03648-03-9
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