Senate Bill S1455

2019-2020 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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2019-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1152, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S4406

2019-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1455
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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
 
 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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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