Assembly Bill A10311

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides lead service line identification for certain water systems

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A10311 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9345
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1114-c, Pub Health L

2023-A10311 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides lead service line identification by a public water system that serves certain areas.

2023-A10311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10311
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to lead service  line
   identification
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1114-c to read as follows:
   §  1114-C.  LEAD  SERVICE  LINE IDENTIFICATION. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION:
   (A) "COVERED WATER SYSTEM" MEANS (I) A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM THAT SERVES
 AT LEAST FIFTEEN SERVICE CONNECTIONS USED  BY  YEAR-ROUND  RESIDENTS  OR
 REGULARLY  SERVES  AT  LEAST TWENTY-FIVE YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS; OR (II) A
 PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM THAT REGULARLY SERVES AT LEAST  TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE
 SAME PEOPLE, FOUR HOURS OR MORE PER DAY, FOR FOUR OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK,
 FOR TWENTY-SIX OR MORE WEEKS PER YEAR.
   (B)  "SERVICE  LINE"  MEANS  ANY  PIPING  CONNECTING A WATER MAIN TO A
 BUILDING INLET.
   (C) "GALVANIZED SERVICE LINE" MEANS IRON OR STEEL PIPING THAT HAS BEEN
 DIPPED IN ZINC TO PREVENT CORROSION AND RUSTING.
   (D) "GOOSENECK, PIGTAIL,  OR  CONNECTOR"  MEANS  A  SHORT  SECTION  OF
 PIPING, TYPICALLY NOT EXCEEDING TWO FEET, WHICH CAN BE BENT AND USED FOR
 CONNECTIONS  BETWEEN  RIGID  SERVICE  PIPING,  TYPICALLY  CONNECTING THE
 SERVICE LINE TO THE WATER MAIN.
   (E) "LEAD SERVICE LINE" MEANS A SERVICE LINE MADE OF LEAD OR  WHERE  A
 PORTION  OF  THE  SERVICE LINE IS MADE OF LEAD. A GOOSENECK, PIGTAIL, OR
 CONNECTOR MADE OF LEAD SHALL BE CONSIDERED A LEAD SERVICE LINE,  REGARD-
 LESS  OF  LENGTH  AND  REGARDLESS OF THE MATERIAL OF THE SERVICE LINE TO
 WHICH SUCH GOOSENECK, PIGTAIL, OR CONNECTOR IS  ATTACHED.  A  GALVANIZED
 SERVICE  LINE SHALL BE CONSIDERED A LEAD SERVICE LINE IF IT IS CURRENTLY
 OR EVER WAS DOWNSTREAM OF A LEAD SERVICE LINE OR IS CURRENTLY DOWNSTREAM
 IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF A LEAD STATUS UNKNOWN SERVICE LINE.  IF  THE
 COVERED  WATER  SYSTEM  IS  UNABLE  TO  DEMONSTRATE  THAT THE GALVANIZED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15575-01-4
              

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