Senate Bill S7645

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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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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2025-S7645 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3961
Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1285-u, Pub Auth L

2025-S7645 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S7645 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7645 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7645
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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, 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.

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