STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4466
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 15, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT in relation to authorizing a study of the safety and condition of
          New York's water supplies and infrastructure
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commis-
     2  sioner  of  the department of environmental conservation, shall examine,
     3  evaluate and make recommendations concerning the safety and condition of
     4  New York's water supplies and infrastructure. Such study shall  include,
     5  but be not limited to, the following:
     6    (a)  the  identification  of  technologies  and partners to assist the
     7  state in providing long term, sustainable, and cost effective, automated
     8  monitoring of public water supply and private water cooling  infrastruc-
     9  ture for pathogens and selected contaminants on a statewide basis;
    10    (b)  identification  of  new  or existing revenue sources to invest in
    11  statewide water handling infrastructure;
    12    (c) identification of sustainable and  affordable  funding  models  to
    13  assist small public water systems in conducting water testing;
    14    (d)  recommendations  for measures designed to spur private investment
    15  in water infrastructure;
    16    (e) recommendations for a statewide system to assist with the  regular
    17  assessment of the integrity and safety of municipal systems;
    18    (f)  recommendations  for  measures  to spur municipal reinvestment in
    19  water infrastructure and safety measures on an ongoing  and  sustainable
    20  basis;
    21    (g)  any  other  such  areas  of  study  regarding water safety as the
    22  commissioners deem appropriate for study;
    23    (h) measures municipalities may take to consolidate and share services
    24  in relation to water infrastructure;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (i) development of a  strategic  statewide  water  safety  plan  which
     2  prioritizes infrastructure needs, maintenance, and expansion of existing
     3  systems.
     4    §  2.  Within 12 months of the effective date of this act, the commis-
     5  sioners of health and environmental conservation shall submit  a  report
     6  to  the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
     7  the assembly, the chair of the senate standing committee on health,  the
     8  chair  of  the  assembly  standing committee on health, the chair of the
     9  senate standing committee on environmental conservation, and  the  chair
    10  of the assembly standing committee on environmental conservation, of the
    11  commissioner's  findings, conclusions, and recommendations for implemen-
    12  tation of their findings.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.