Bill Text: NY A03361 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Enacts the New York state drinking water bill of rights.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - advanced to third reading cal.472 [A03361 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A03361-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Enacts the New York state drinking water bill of rights.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - advanced to third reading cal.472 [A03361 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A03361-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3361 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to enact the New York state drinking water bill of rights The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York 2 state drinking water bill of rights". 3 § 2. (a) It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the 4 state that every New York state resident has the right to safe, clean, 5 affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cook- 6 ing, and sanitary purposes. 7 (b) All relevant state agencies, including the department of health, 8 the department of environmental conservation and the department of 9 public service shall consider this state policy when revising, adopting, 10 or establishing policies, regulations, and grant criteria when those 11 policies, regulations, and criteria are pertinent to the uses of water 12 described in this section. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05140-01-9