Bill Text: NY A09853 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the New York state environmental facilities corporation to award grants and loans to community water systems and non-community water systems for water quality projects that relate to the removal of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-24 - referred to environmental conservation [A09853 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09853-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9853

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 24, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
          the  New  York  state  environmental  facilities  corporation to award
          grants and loans to non-public  entities  for  certain  water  quality
          projects

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1283  of  the  public  authorities
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 744 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    2.  For the purposes of this section, "perfluoroalkyl and  polyfluoro-
     5  alkyl  substances"  or  "PFAS" shall have the same meaning as in section
     6  37-0203 of the environmental conservation law.
     7    3. The corporation may award grants and loans to  non-public  entities
     8  for  water quality projects that relate to the removal of perfluoroalkyl
     9  and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for a public  water  system  which
    10  provides  water  to  the  public  for human consumption through pipes or
    11  other constructed  conveyances.    For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,
    12  "public water system" means a public water system as defined in 10 NYCRR
    13  5-1.1(cb)  and  includes  a  community  water system, noncommunity water
    14  system, transient noncommunity water system,  nontransient  noncommunity
    15  water  system  as defined in such regulations and any subsequent updates
    16  of such regulations by the department of health.
    17    4. It is hereby found and declared  that  such  purposes  are  in  all
    18  respects  for the benefit of the people of the state of New York and the
    19  corporation shall be regarded as performing  an  essential  governmental
    20  function  in  carrying  out  its  purposes  and in exercising the powers
    21  granted by this title.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14678-04-4