Senate Bill S4406A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires water works corporations to post water supply statements online

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S4406 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8503
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1152, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S1455, A3040

2017-S4406 - Summary

Requires water works corporations to post water supply statements online if a website exists or make such available to the municipalities' website.

2017-S4406 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4406 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4406
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  water
   works corporations to post water supply statements online
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 1152 of the  public  health
 law,  section 1 as added by chapter 752 of the laws of 1986 and subdivi-
 sion 3 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read
 as follows:
   1. Each water works corporation shall provide a water supply statement
 to its customers annually.  The  annual  water  supply  statement  shall
 either be mailed to each customer or published in at least one newspaper
 of  general  circulation  in  the  area served by the water works corpo-
 ration. If the statement is to be published in a  newspaper,  the  water
 works  corporation  shall  provide  ample notification by announcing the
 publication date and newspaper name either on the customers bill  or  in
 the  newspaper  in which the statement shall appear. A limited number of
 additional copies, in a quantity to be determined  by  the  water  works
 corporation,  shall  be provided to customers upon request. IN ADDITION,
 THE STATEMENT MUST BE POSTED ON EITHER  THE  WATER  WORKS  CORPORATION'S
 WEBSITE  OR  THE  WEBSITE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH
 THE WATER WORKS CORPORATION SERVICES.
   3. The annual water supply statement shall be mailed  [or],  published
 OR  POSTED  ONLINE on or before the thirty-first day of May of each year
 and shall apply to data received by the water works  corporation  during
 the preceding calendar year.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09728-01-7

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2017-S4406A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8503
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1152, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S1455, A3040

2017-S4406A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires water works corporations to post water supply statements online if a website exists or make such available to the municipalities' website.

2017-S4406A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4406A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4406--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SANDERS, BAILEY, BROOKS, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, MONTGOM-
   ERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be  commit-
   ted  to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  water
   works corporations to post water supply statements online
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 1152 of the  public  health
 law,  subdivision  1  as  added  by  chapter 752 of the laws of 1986 and
 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1998, are  amended
 to read as follows:
   1. Each water works corporation shall provide a water supply statement
 to  its  customers  annually.  The  annual  water supply statement shall
 either be mailed to each customer or published in at least one newspaper
 of general circulation in the area served  by  the  water  works  corpo-
 ration.  If  the  statement is to be published in a newspaper, the water
 works corporation shall provide ample  notification  by  announcing  the
 publication  date  and newspaper name either on the customers bill or in
 the newspaper in which the statement shall appear. A limited  number  of
 additional  copies,  in  a  quantity to be determined by the water works
 corporation, shall be provided to customers upon request.  IN  ADDITION,
 THE  STATEMENT  MUST BE POSTED ON THE WATER WORKS CORPORATION'S WEBSITE,
 IF SUCH EXISTS, OR BE MADE AVAILABLE  TO  THE  MUNICIPALITY  OR  MUNICI-
 PALITIES  IN  WHICH THE WATER WORKS CORPORATION SERVICES TO BE POSTED ON
 SUCH MUNICIPALITIES' WEBSITE, IF SUCH EXISTS.
   3. The annual water supply statement shall be mailed  [or],  published
 OR  POSTED  ONLINE on or before the thirty-first day of May of each year
 and shall apply to data received by the water works  corporation  during
 the preceding calendar year.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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