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

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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-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          3907
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. STECK, WALSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BARRETT, BLAKE,  BRABENEC,  CAHILL,  CRESPO,  FAHY,  HOOPER,  HYNDMAN,
          JAFFEE,   LUPARDO,   PALMESANO,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  RAIA,  SANTABARBARA,
          SEPULVEDA, SKARTADOS, THIELE, WALTER -- read once and referred to  the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation
        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  eighteen,  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-
    17  ties  corporation,  shall promulgate all necessary rules and regulations
    18  to carry out the program so that an equitable distribution of aid  shall
    19  be  made  for  the  general  operation and/or general maintenance of any
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  existing county, city, town and village  drinking  water  system,  storm
     2  water system or sanitary sewer system.
     3    2.  On  or  before  the twenty-fifth day of April, June, September and
     4  November of each state fiscal year commencing with the state fiscal year
     5  beginning on April first, two thousand eighteen, there shall be distrib-
     6  uted and paid to counties, cities, towns and villages an amount equal to
     7  the moneys appropriated for the purposes of this section divided by  the
     8  number of payment dates in that state fiscal year. Such amounts shall be
     9  distributed and paid pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
    10    3.  Amounts shall be distributed for local drinking water, storm water
    11  and sanitary sewer systems based upon the total length and width of  all
    12  pipelines and mains owned and operated by the municipality.
    13    4.  Monies made available may be used to match other state and federal
    14  funds made available for such projects.  The funds may also be  used  to
    15  support special improvement districts created to provide drinking water,
    16  waste  water  and  storm water services under articles twelve, twelve-A,
    17  twelve-C and thirteen of the town law.  The remainder of the  apportion-
    18  ment  may  be used for any existing drinking water, storm water or sewer
    19  system purchases, including but not limited to, the acquisition of mate-
    20  rials for the replacement or rehabilitation.
    21    5. For any  city,  town,  or  village  which  proposes  infrastructure
    22  consolidation  under  this  section or merges with another municipality,
    23  the funds appropriated under this section may fund costs associated with
    24  such consolidation.
    25    6. For each fiscal year, starting in two thousand eighteen, funds  are
    26  to  be  made available to the local infrastructure assistance account of
    27  the general fund, and distributed from that account, in an  amount  that
    28  is  at  least  equal  to  those  appropriated  and made available in the
    29  Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS).
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.