Bill Text: NY A10438 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that where a nitrogen-reducing sewage disposal system approved by the county department of health is designed by a land surveyor for an individual residential lot or is designed by a person who holds a valid license from the county to design sewage disposal systems for replacement or retrofit on an individual lot, such persons are exempt from the provisions of section 7208 of the education law; relates to qualifications for the design of a nitrogen-reducing sewage disposal system in a county of one million or more which draws its primary source of drinking water for a majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-23 - referred to higher education [A10438 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10438-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 8253                                                 A. 10438
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                     April 23, 2018
                                       ___________
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT in relation to qualifications for the design of a nitrogen-reduc-
          ing sewage disposal system in a county of one million  or  more  which
          draws  its  primary  source of drinking water for a majority of county
          residents from a designated sole source aquifer
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
     2  provisions of this act shall apply to a county with a population of  one
     3  million  or  more which draws its primary source of drinking water for a
     4  majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer.
     5    § 2. Where a nitrogen-reducing sewage disposal system, approved by the
     6  county department of health, is designed by a land surveyor for an indi-
     7  vidual residential lot, said land surveyor shall  constitute  an  exempt
     8  person under section 7208 of the education law. This section shall apply
     9  to  sewage disposal systems where the design flow is less than one thou-
    10  sand gallons per day.
    11    § 3. Where a nitrogen-reducing sewage disposal system, approved by the
    12  county department of health for replacement or retrofit on an individual
    13  residential lot, is designed by a person who holds a valid license  from
    14  the county to design sewage disposal systems for replacement or retrofit
    15  on an individual residential lot, said person shall constitute an exempt
    16  person under section 7208 of the education law. This section shall apply
    17  to  sewage disposal systems where the design flow is less than one thou-
    18  sand gallons per day.
    19    § 4. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be  severable  and
    20  if  any  portion  thereof  or the applicability thereof to any person or
    21  circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of this act  and  the
    22  application thereof shall not be affected thereby.
    23    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15337-01-8
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