Bill Text: NY A01399 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the emergency water infrastructure repairs fund; provides funding to municipalities for the emergency repair of any municipal water infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - enacting clause stricken [A01399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01399-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1399
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
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        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  establishing
          the  emergency water infrastructure repairs fund; and making an appro-
          priation therefor
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1285-v to read as follows:
     3    § 1285-v. Emergency water infrastructure repairs  fund.  1.  There  is
     4  hereby established in the custody of the corporation an "emergency water
     5  infrastructure  repairs  fund".    The  purpose  of the fund shall be to
     6  provide funding to municipalities for the emergency repair of any munic-
     7  ipal water infrastructure.
     8    2. For the purposes of this section, and notwithstanding any provision
     9  of law to the contrary, as used in this section:
    10    (a) "emergency" means a temporary condition of failure  or  inadequacy
    11  of  the  water infrastructure of a municipality resulting from stress of
    12  weather, convulsion of nature, fire, failure of power, mechanical break-
    13  down, breakage or stoppage of mains and  other  portions  of  the  water
    14  system or sewage system;
    15    (b)  "fund"  means  the  emergency  water  infrastructure repairs fund
    16  established by this section;
    17    (c) "sewage system" means any part of a  wastewater  disposal  system,
    18  including  but  not limited to all piping, drains, sewers, septic tanks,
    19  distribution boxes, absorption fields, seepage pits, cesspools, and  dry
    20  wells, owned and operated by a municipality;
    21    (d) "water infrastructure" means the sewage system and water system of
    22  a municipality; and
    23    (e) "water system" means and includes all the pipes, pumping stations,
    24  elevated  tanks  and other structures and appurtenances necessary to the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06359-01-9
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     1  delivery of water under pressure and owned and  operated  by  a  munici-
     2  pality.
     3    3.  Moneys  in the fund shall be segregated from all other funds of or
     4  in the custody of the corporation. Moneys in the fund shall be used  for
     5  any  authorized  purpose  of the fund as provided and in accordance with
     6  the provisions of this section.
     7    4. The sources of funds shall consist of all moneys  collected  there-
     8  for,  or  moneys  credited, appropriated or transferred thereto from any
     9  other fund or source pursuant to law, or any other moneys made available
    10  for the purposes of the fund.
    11    5. Moneys in the fund may be invested by the corporation in accordance
    12  with this title and pursuant to guidelines from time to time  issued  by
    13  the corporation.
    14    6.  A  municipality  may make an application for funding for emergency
    15  repairs, in a manner, form and timeframe and containing such information
    16  as the corporation may require.   The corporation shall  establish  such
    17  application  requirements and an expedited application review process to
    18  provide funds in a timely manner.
    19    7. The corporation shall promulgate regulations  for  the  purpose  of
    20  carrying out its responsibilities under this section.
    21    §  2.  The  legislature  shall  appropriate  ten percent of any annual
    22  appropriation for water and sewer infrastructure repairs to the emergen-
    23  cy water infrastructure repairs fund as established pursuant to  section
    24  1285-v of the public authorities law.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.