New York A 2617: Relates to providing water utilities with access to water quality infrastructure improvement funding

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A02617 Summary:

BILL NOA02617A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRGriffin, Lavine

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1281, Pub Auth L; amd §1160, Pub Health L; amd Part T §6, Chap 57 of 2017; amd §102, RPT L

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Relates to providing water utilities with access to water quality infrastructure improvement funding.

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BILL NOA02617A

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01/21/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

05/18/2026amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation

05/18/2026print number 2617a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2617--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, GRIFFIN, LAVINE -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with
 Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the public health law, the
 clean water infrastructure act of 2017, and the real property tax law,
 in relation to providing access to water quality infrastructure
 improvement funding to water utilities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1281 of the public authorities
 2 law, as added by chapter 413 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 34. "Recipient" shall mean any municipality, public utility, homeown-
 5 ers association with a private well who cannot access public water, or
 6 person, including any individual, firm, partnership, association, not-
 7 for-profit corporation or other corporation organized and existing under
 8 the laws of the state or any other state which is empowered to construct
 9 and operate an eligible project, or any two or more of the foregoing
 10 which are acting jointly in connection with an eligible project;
 11 provided any project by a water utility shall have a clear and definite
 12 public purpose and shall benefit the customers of the water system.
 13 § 2. Subdivision 10 of section 1160 of the public health law, as
 14 added by chapter 413 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
 15 follows:
 16 10. "Recipient" means any municipality, public utility, homeowners
 17 association with a private well who cannot access public water, or
 18 person, including any individual, firm, partnership, association, not-
 19 for-profit corporation or other corporation organized and existing under
 20 the laws of the state or any other state which is empowered to construct

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06222-05-6

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 1 and operate an eligible project, or any two or more of the foregoing
 2 which are acting jointly in connection with an eligible project;
 3 provided any project by a water utility shall have a clear and definite
 4 public purpose and shall benefit the customers of the water system.
 5 § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6 of part T of chapter 57
 6 of the laws of 2017, constituting the clean water infrastructure act of
 7 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 8 a. The environmental facilities corporation shall undertake and
 9 provide state financial assistance payments, from funds appropriated for
 10 such purpose, to municipalities and water utilities regulated by the
 11 public service commission in support of water quality infrastructure
 12 projects provided, however, in any such year that funds are appropriated
 13 for such purpose, no municipality or water utility shall receive more
 14 than five million dollars of appropriated funds, and any project by a
 15 water utility shall have a clear and definite public purpose and shall
 16 benefit the customers of the water system. Such state financial assist-
 17 ance payments shall be awarded only to water quality infrastructure
 18 projects for:
 19 (i