Senate Bill S8861

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities

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    • In Committee Assembly
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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S8861 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9435
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Auth L, generally

2023-S8861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.

2023-S8861 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8861
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MAY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,
   Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  including
   stormwater  in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water,
   sewer, and water and sewer authorities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 12 of section 1045-b of the public authorities
 law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   12.  "Sewage" shall mean the water-carried human or animal wastes from
 residences,  buildings,  industrial  establishments  or  other   places,
 together  with  such  groundwater  infiltration, STORMWATER, and surface
 water as may be present. The admixture  with  sewage  of  industrial  or
 other waste also shall be considered "sewage" within the meaning of this
 title.
   §  2.  Subdivisions  17,  18,  19,  20 and 21 of section 1045-b of the
 public authorities law are renumbered subdivisions 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22
 and a new subdivision 17 is added to read as follows:
   17. "STORMWATER" SHALL MEAN A FLOW OF WATER OCCURRING ON THE GROUND OR
 OTHER SURFACE WHEN RAIN OR MELTWATER CAN NO LONGER BE  ABSORBED  BY  THE
 SOIL OR OTHER SURFACE.
   §  3.  Subdivision 19 of section 1115-a of the public authorities law,
 as amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 1987, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   19.  "Sewage" shall mean the water-carried human or animal wastes from
 residences,  buildings,  industrial  establishments  or  other   places,
 together  with  such  groundwater  infiltration, STORMWATER, and surface
 water as may be present. The admixture  with  sewage  of  industrial  or
 other waste also shall be considered "sewage" within the meaning of this
 title.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14685-02-4
 S. 8861                             2
              

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2023-S8861A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9435
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Auth L, generally

2023-S8861A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.

2023-S8861A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            

              

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