Senate Bill S8730

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to providing water utilities with access to water quality infrastructure improvement funding

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions 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-S8730 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1281, Pub Auth L; amd §1160, Pub Health L; amd Part T §6, Chap 57 of 2017; amd §102, RPT L

2023-S8730 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing water utilities with access to water quality infrastructure improvement funding.

2023-S8730 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8730 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8730
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, the public health law, the
   New York State water infrastructure improvement act of 2017,  and  the
   real property tax law,  in relation to providing access to water qual-
   ity infrastructure improvement funding to water utilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1281 of  the  public  authorities
 law,  as added by chapter 413 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
 follows:
   34. "Recipient"  shall  mean  any  municipality,  public  utility,  or
 person,  including  any individual, firm, partnership, association, not-
 for-profit corporation or other corporation organized and existing under
 the laws of the state or any other state which is empowered to construct
 and operate an eligible project, or any two or  more  of  the  foregoing
 which  are  acting  jointly  in  connection  with  an  eligible project;
 PROVIDED ANY PROJECT BY A WATER UTILITY SHALL HAVE A CLEAR AND  DEFINITE
 PUBLIC PURPOSE AND SHALL BENEFIT THE CUSTOMERS OF THE WATER SYSTEM.
   §  2.    Subdivision  10  of section 1160 of the public health law, as
 added by chapter 413 of the laws  of  1996,    is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   10.  "Recipient"  means  any  municipality, public utility, or person,
 including any individual, firm, partnership, association, not-for-profit
 corporation or other corporation organized and existing under  the  laws
 of  the  state  or  any  other state which is empowered to construct and
 operate an eligible project, or any two or more of the  foregoing  which
 are  acting jointly in connection with an eligible project; PROVIDED ANY
 PROJECT BY A WATER UTILITY  SHALL  HAVE  A  CLEAR  AND  DEFINITE  PUBLIC
 PURPOSE AND SHALL BENEFIT THE CUSTOMERS OF THE WATER SYSTEM.
   § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6 of part T of chapter 57
 of  the  laws of 2017, constituting the New York State water infrastruc-
 ture improvement act of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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