Bill Text: NY S06905 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the New York State water infrastructure improvement act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-04 - REFERRED TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT [S06905 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06905-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6905 IN SENATE March 4, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Infrastructure and Capital Investment AN ACT establishing the New York State water infrastructure improvement act of 2016 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act may be known and be cited as the "New York State 2 water infrastructure improvement act of 2016". 3 § 2. For purposes of this act: 4 1. "water quality infrastructure project" shall mean "sewage treatment 5 works" as defined in section 17-1903 of the environmental conservation 6 law or "eligible project" as defined in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) 7 of subdivision 4 of section 1160 of the public health law. 8 2. "construction" shall mean: 9 (a) for sewage treatment works, the same as defined in section 17-1903 10 of the environmental conservation law; and 11 (b) for eligible projects, the same meaning as defined in section 1160 12 of the public health law. 13 3. "municipality" shall mean any county, city, town, village, district 14 corporation, county or town improvement district, school district, Indi- 15 an nation or tribe recognized by the state or the United States with a 16 reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New York state, 17 any public benefit corporation or public authority established pursuant 18 to the laws of New York or any agency of New York state which is 19 empowered to construct and operate a water quality infrastructure 20 project, or any two or more of the foregoing which are acting jointly in 21 connection with a water quality infrastructure project. 22 § 3. 1. The environmental facilities corporation shall undertake and 23 provide state financial assistance payments, from funds appropriated for 24 such purpose, to municipalities in support of water quality infrastruc- 25 ture projects provided, however, in any such year that funds are appro- 26 priated for such purpose, no municipality shall receive more than five 27 million dollars of appropriated funds. Such state financial assistance EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14455-01-6