Senate Bill S1850A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the safe water infrastructure action program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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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2025-S1850 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6012
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 78 §78-0101, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7551
2017-2018: S3292
2019-2020: S554
2021-2022: S224, S3968
2023-2024: S4350, A6155

2025-S1850 - Summary

Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.

2025-S1850 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1850 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1850
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HINCHEY,  ASHBY,  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING,
   KAVANAGH, MATTERA, MAY, MURRAY, RHOADS, ROLISON, STEC, TEDISCO,  WEBB,
   WEBER  --  read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be
   committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   establishing the safe water infrastructure action program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new article 78 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 78
               SAFE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION PROGRAM
 SECTION 78-0101. SAFE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION PROGRAM.
 § 78-0101. SAFE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION PROGRAM.
   1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER
 LAW AND SUBJECT TO AN APPROPRIATION MADE THEREFOR AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION  AND  WITH  THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ON AND AFTER
 THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX,  A  CONSOLIDATED  LOCAL
 INFRASTRUCTURE  PROGRAM  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING
 PAYMENTS TOWARD THE REPLACEMENT AND  REHABILITATION  OF  EXISTING  LOCAL
 MUNICIPALLY-OWNED  AND  FUNDED  DRINKING WATER, STORM WATER AND SANITARY
 SEWER SYSTEMS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SUCH PROGRAM SHALL APPLY TO
 ANY DRINKING WATER SYSTEM, STORM WATER SYSTEM OR SANITARY  SEWER  SYSTEM
 WITHIN THE STATE THAT IS UNDER THE MAINTENANCE AND/OR OPERATIONAL JURIS-
 DICTION  OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT SUCH SYSTEM SHALL NOT  BE  UNDER  THE  MAINTENANCE  AND/OR
 OPERATIONAL JURISDICTION OF A PRIVATE ENTITY; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER,
 THAT  SUCH PROGRAM SHALL NOT APPLY TO A SYSTEM THAT IS UNDER THE MAINTE-
 NANCE AND/OR OPERATIONAL JURISDICTION OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE
 MILLION OR MORE. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05392-01-5
              

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2025-S1850A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6012
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 78 §78-0101, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7551
2017-2018: S3292
2019-2020: S554
2021-2022: S224, S3968
2023-2024: S4350, A6155

2025-S1850A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.

2025-S1850A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1850A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1850--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HINCHEY,  ASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK,
   HELMING, KAVANAGH, MATTERA, MAY, MURRAY, RHOADS, ROLISON, STEC, TEDIS-
   CO, WEBB, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
   be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  --
   reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
   on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   establishing the safe water infrastructure action program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new article 78 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 78
               SAFE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION PROGRAM
 SECTION 78-0101. SAFE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION PROGRAM.
 § 78-0101. SAFE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION PROGRAM.
   1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER
 LAW AND SUBJECT TO AN APPROPRIATION MADE THEREFOR AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION  AND  WITH  THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ON AND AFTER
 THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX,  A  CONSOLIDATED  LOCAL
 INFRASTRUCTURE  PROGRAM  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING
 PAYMENTS TOWARD THE REPLACEMENT AND  REHABILITATION  OF  EXISTING  LOCAL
 MUNICIPALLY-OWNED  AND  FUNDED  DRINKING WATER, STORM WATER AND SANITARY
 SEWER SYSTEMS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SUCH PROGRAM SHALL APPLY TO
 ANY DRINKING WATER SYSTEM, STORM WATER SYSTEM OR SANITARY  SEWER  SYSTEM
 WITHIN THE STATE THAT IS UNDER THE MAINTENANCE AND/OR OPERATIONAL JURIS-
 DICTION  OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT SUCH SYSTEM SHALL NOT  BE  UNDER  THE  MAINTENANCE  AND/OR
 OPERATIONAL  JURISDICTION  OF  A  PRIVATE  ENTITY; AND PROVIDED FURTHER,
 HOWEVER, THAT NO MORE THAN TEN PERCENT OF  THE  MONEYS  PAID  UNDER  THE
 PROGRAM  SHALL BE PAID TOWARD REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRINKING
 WATER, STORM WATER, AND SANITARY SEWER  SYSTEMS  UNDER  THE  MAINTENANCE
 
              

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