Bill Text: NY A03907 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the safe water infrastructure action program 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; applies to any county, city, town or village drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of the state nor any private entity.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-06 - print number 3907a [A03907 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03907-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3907--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. STECK, WALSH, MAGNARELLI, STEC, RAIA, GALEF --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRETT, BLAKE, BRABENEC, CAHILL, CRES-
          PO, FAHY, HOOPER, HYNDMAN, JAFFEE, LUPARDO, PALMESANO, PEOPLES-STOKES,
          SANTABARBARA, SEPULVEDA, SKARTADOS, THIELE, WALTER --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted
          to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation in accordance with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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 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
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 3-0321 to read as follows:
     3  § 3-0321. Safe water and infrastructure action program.
     4    1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or  any  other
     5  law and subject to an appropriation made therefor and in accordance with
     6  the  provisions  of  this  section  and  with  the rules and regulations
     7  promulgated by the commissioner in connection therewith,  on  and  after
     8  the  first  day  of  April,  two thousand nineteen, a consolidated local
     9  infrastructure program is hereby established for the purpose  of  making
    10  payments  toward  the  replacement  and rehabilitation of existing local
    11  municipally-owned and funded drinking water, storm  water  and  sanitary
    12  sewer systems. For purposes of this section, such program shall apply to
    13  any  county,  city,  town  or village drinking water system, storm water
    14  system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not  under  the
    15  maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of the state nor any private
    16  entity.  The commissioner, in conjunction with the environmental facili-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  ties corporation, shall promulgate all necessary rules  and  regulations
     2  to  carry out the program so that an equitable distribution of aid shall
     3  be made for the general operation  and/or  general  maintenance  of  any
     4  existing  county,  city,  town  and village drinking water system, storm
     5  water system or sanitary sewer system.
     6    2. On or before the twenty-fifth day of  April,  June,  September  and
     7  November of each state fiscal year commencing with the state fiscal year
     8  beginning on April first, two thousand nineteen, there shall be distrib-
     9  uted and paid to counties, cities, towns and villages an amount equal to
    10  the  moneys appropriated for the purposes of this section divided by the
    11  number of payment dates in that state fiscal year. Such amounts shall be
    12  distributed and paid pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
    13    3. Amounts shall be distributed for local drinking water, storm  water
    14  and  sanitary sewer systems based upon the total length and width of all
    15  pipelines and mains owned and operated by the municipality.
    16    4. Monies made available may be used to match other state and  federal
    17  funds  made  available for such projects.  The funds may also be used to
    18  support special improvement districts created to provide drinking water,
    19  waste water and storm water services under  articles  twelve,  twelve-A,
    20  twelve-C  and thirteen of the town law.  The remainder of the apportion-
    21  ment may be used for any existing drinking water, storm water  or  sewer
    22  system purchases, including but not limited to, the acquisition of mate-
    23  rials for the replacement or rehabilitation.
    24    5.  For  any  city,  town,  or  village  which proposes infrastructure
    25  consolidation under this section or merges  with  another  municipality,
    26  the funds appropriated under this section may fund costs associated with
    27  such consolidation.
    28    6.  For each fiscal year, starting in two thousand nineteen, funds are
    29  to be made available to the local infrastructure assistance  account  of
    30  the  general  fund, and distributed from that account, in an amount that
    31  is at least equal to  those  appropriated  and  made  available  in  the
    32  Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS).
    33    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.