Assembly Bill A3961

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Duane Lake, in the town of Duanesburg, county of Schenectady, to participate in the septic system replacement fund

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A3961 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1285-u, Pub Auth L

2025-A3961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Duane Lake, in the town of Duanesburg, county of Schenectady, to participate in the septic system replacement fund.

2025-A3961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3961
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
   Duane  Lake,  in  the  town  of  Duanesburg, county of Schenectady, to
   participate in the septic system replacement fund

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 2 of section 1285-u of the
 public authorities law, as added by section 9 of part T of chapter 57 of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) The department of environmental conservation, in consultation with
 the department of health and participating counties, shall from the list
 of participating counties establish priority geographic  areas  and,  in
 the  absence  of  county  information,  identify  eligible septic system
 projects, based on an area's vulnerability to  contamination,  including
 the  presence  of  a sole source aquifer, or known water quality impair-
 ment, population density, soils, hydrogeology, climate,  and  reasonable
 ability  for  septic  system projects to mitigate water quality impacts.
 SEPTIC SYSTEM PROJECTS LOCATED IN DUANE LAKE, IN THE TOWN OF DUANESBURG,
 COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE  FOR  REIMBURSEMENT  UNDER  THE
 PROGRAM.  The department of environmental conservation may delegate to a
 participating county the identification of  priority  geographic  areas.
 The  department  of  environmental  conservation,  in  consultation with
 participating counties in which priority  areas  have  been  identified,
 shall determine the amount of money from the fund to be provided to each
 participating county based on density, demand for reimbursement from the
 fund  and  the criteria used to establish the priority geographic areas.
 The corporation shall publish information, application forms, procedures
 and guidelines relating to the program on its website and  in  a  manner
 that is accessible to the public.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03262-01-5

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