New York S 4995: Designates water development representatives for each environmental region of the state

Status: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (as of 2026-03-09)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4995

Sponsors: Pete Harckham, Dean Murray, Mario Mattera, Pamela Helming, Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Rachel May, William Weber

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S04995 Summary:

BILL NOS04995 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06665

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING, MATTERA, MAY, MURRAY, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §15-1109, En Con L

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Directs DEC to designate a representative for each environmental conservation region of the state to serve as the point of contact for municipalities to aid in the acquisition of resources and funding for water projects.

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BILL NOS04995 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.516

03/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/13/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/03/2025PASSED SENATE

04/03/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/03/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.263

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/09/2026PASSED SENATE

03/09/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/09/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4995

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING, MAY --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 designating water development representatives for each environmental
 region of the state

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

 1 Section 1. Section 15-1109 of the environmental conservation law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. The department shall designate a representative for each environ-
 4 mental region of the state to serve as the point of contact for munici-
 5 palities located in each such region to aid in the acquisition of
 6 resources and funding for water projects.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 8 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04750-02-5

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