Bill Text: NY A08544 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires that no less than $50 million is allocated from the cleanwater infrastructure project for the exploration and development of a new source of drinking water for the village of Hoosick Falls and the town of Petersburgh.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-10 - referred to ways and means [A08544 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08544-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          8544
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      July 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McLAUGHLIN  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Ways and Means
        AN ACT to amend chapter 54 of the laws  of  2017  enacting  the  Capital
          Projects budget, in relation to making technical corrections thereto
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2017,  enacting  the
     2  Capital  Projects budget, is amended by adding to such section the items
     3  underscored in this section.
     4                  DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
     5                          CAPITAL PROJECTS 2017-18
     6  WATER RESOURCES (CCP)
     7    Capital Projects Funds - Other
     8    Capital Projects Fund
     9    Water Resources Purpose
    10  The sum of $2,500,000,000 is  hereby  appro-
    11    priated  for  the  capital  costs of clean
    12    water infrastructure  projects,  including
    13    services, expenses, and indirect costs, as
    14    follows:  not  less than $1,000,000,000 to
    15    the environmental  facilities  corporation
    16    for  projects  authorized  by the New York
    17    state water infrastructure improvement act
    18    of 2017; not less than $150,000,000 to the
    19    environmental facilities  corporation  for
    20    New   York   state   intermunicipal  water
    21    infrastructure   projects   pursuant    to
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13048-01-7

        A. 8544                             2
     1    section  1285-s  of the public authorities
     2    law; not less than $245,000,000 for  water
     3    quality  improvement  projects,  including
     4    nonagricultural  nonpoint source abatement
     5    and control projects, municipal wastewater
     6    treatment projects, and municipal separate
     7    storm sewer system projects, and including
     8    up  to  $25,000,000  of  such  amount  for
     9    projects for the proper management of road
    10    salt;  up to $50,000,000 for green infras-
    11    tructure projects; $110,000,000  for  land
    12    acquisition   projects  for  source  water
    13    protection pursuant to title 33 of article
    14    15 of the environmental conservation  law,
    15    including  suballocation to the department
    16    of  agriculture   and   markets;   up   to
    17    $50,000,000   for   suballocation  to  the
    18    department of agriculture and markets  for
    19    state  assistance  payments, services, and
    20    expenses to soil  and  water  conservation
    21    districts  for  the  cost of water quality
    22    protection projects awarded on  a  compet-
    23    itive  basis  prioritizing  financial need
    24    and hardship, intended to  assist  concen-
    25    trated  animal  feeding  operations; up to
    26    $130,000,000 for transfer to the hazardous
    27    waste remedial fund for the remediation of
    28    sites;  not  less  than  $20,000,000   for
    29    suballocation  to the department of health
    30    for replacement  of  lead  drinking  water
    31    service  lines pursuant to section 1114 of
    32    the public health  law;  $200,000,000  for
    33    New  York  City for water quality projects
    34    located   within   the   New   York   City
    35    watershed;  not  less  than $75,000,000 to
    36    the environmental  facilities  corporation
    37    for a program to upgrade or replace septic
    38    systems  and cesspools pursuant to section
    39    1285-u of the public authorities  law;  up
    40    to $10,000,000 to the environmental facil-
    41    ities corporation for water infrastructure
    42    emergency  assistance  pursuant to section
    43    1285-t  of  the  public  authorities  law;
    44    $100,000,000  to the environmental facili-
    45    ties  corporation  to  support   municipal
    46    water   quality   infrastructure  programs
    47    which may otherwise not qualify for  state
    48    support,  or  may require additional state
    49    support; not less than $50,000,000 for the
    50    exploration  and  development  of  a   new
    51    source  of  drinking water for the village
    52    of Hoosick Falls and the town  of  Peters-
    53    burgh;  and  up  to  $10,000,000  for  the
    54    development  of   information   technology
    55    systems  related to water quality pursuant

        A. 8544                             3
     1    to section  3-0315  of  the  environmental
     2    conservation law (09CW1757) .............. 2,500,000,000
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately; and shall be deemed to
     4  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2017.
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