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                                   2181
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, STECK, REYES, COLTON,
   SEAWRIGHT, HEVESI, K. BROWN, SIMONE, ROSENTHAL, STERN, RIVERA,  GONZA-
   LEZ-ROJAS,  JENSEN, FORREST -- 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04768-01-5
              

 A. 2181                             2
 
 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
 SERVICE LINE WAS NEVER DOWNSTREAM OF A LEAD SERVICE LINE, THE GALVANIZED
 SERVICE LINE SHALL BE CONSIDERED A LEAD SERVICE LINE.
   (F) "CUSTOMER" MEANS AN OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY SERVED BY  THE  COVERED
 PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.
   (G)  "PROPERTY" MEANS REAL PROPERTY SERVED BY THE COVERED PUBLIC WATER
 SYSTEM.
   (H) "NON-OWNER ADULT OCCUPANT" MEANS A PERSON, AGE EIGHTEEN OR  OLDER,
 OTHER  THAN  THE  CUSTOMER  THAT  IS  OCCUPYING, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
 CUSTOMER, REAL PROPERTY SERVED BY THE COVERED  WATER  SYSTEM,  INCLUDING
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  TENANTS  AND  OCCUPANTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-F OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   (I) "LOCALLY ADOPTED CODE" MEANS ANY LOCAL LAW,  LOCAL  ORDINANCE,  OR
 COVERED WATER SYSTEM RULE OR REGULATION.
   2. WHEN CONSENT AND ACCESS TO A PROPERTY CANNOT BE READILY OBTAINED BY
 A COVERED WATER SYSTEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A FREE SERVICE LINE
 INSPECTION  IN  ORDER  TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF A LEAD SERVICE LINE,
 THE COVERED WATER SYSTEM SHALL GIVE NOTICE TO THE CUSTOMER OF SUCH PROP-
 ERTY REQUESTING CONSENT AND ACCESS. ANY  REQUEST  TO  A  CUSTOMER  SHALL
 INCLUDE  A NOTIFICATION THAT FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN THIRTY DAYS SHALL
 RESULT IN A NON-OWNER ADULT OCCUPANT BEING AUTHORIZED TO CONSENT TO SUCH
 REQUEST. ALL CUSTOMERS MUST RESPOND WITHIN THIRTY DAYS TO SUCH A REQUEST
 BY A COVERED WATER SYSTEM.
   3. IF A CUSTOMER FAILS  TO  RESPOND  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  TO  SUCH  A
 REQUEST,  A COVERED WATER SYSTEM MAY NOTIFY ANY NON-OWNER ADULT OCCUPANT
 OF SUCH OUTSTANDING REQUEST AND ACCEPT THE CONSENT AND  ACCESS  PROVIDED
 BY  ANY  NON-OWNER  ADULT OCCUPANT OF THE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO CONDUCT A
 FREE SERVICE LINE INSPECTION.
   4. IF THE CONSENT AND ACCESS OF A CUSTOMER OR NON-OWNER ADULT OCCUPANT
 OF A PROPERTY IS REFUSED OR CANNOT BE  READILY  OBTAINED  WITHIN  THIRTY
 DAYS  AFTER  NOTICE  HAS  BEEN  GIVEN, THE COVERED WATER SYSTEM MAY TAKE
 ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH ITS LOCALLY ADOPTED CODE TO SECURE SUCH  CONSENT
 AND ACCESS.
   5.  FREE SERVICE LINE INSPECTIONS MUST OCCUR WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER A
 CUSTOMER OR NON-OWNER ADULT OCCUPANT  HAS  CONSENTED  TO  AN  INSPECTION
 REQUEST BY A COVERED WATER SYSTEM.
   6.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT MODIFY ANY EXISTING LIABILITIES OR OBLI-
 GATIONS FOR ANY  PARTY  IN  CONNECTION  TO  CONDUCTING  A  SERVICE  LINE
 INSPECTION,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER THAT A NON-OWNER ADULT OCCUPANT SHALL NOT
 BE LIABLE FOR ANY ACTIONS RESULTING FROM  CONSENTING  TO  AND  PROVIDING
 ACCESS  TO  CONDUCT  A  SERVICE LINE INSPECTION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.