New York S 4920: Relates to the allocation of funds from the clean water state revolving fund and the drinking water revolving fund by the environmental facilities corporation

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S04920 Summary:

BILL NOS04920 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00948

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRBRISPORT

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1285-j & 1285-m, Pub Auth L; amd §17-1909, En Con L; amd §1162, Pub Health L

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Provides that allocation of funds from the clean water state revolving fund and the drinking water revolving fund by the environmental facilities corporation shall be proportional according to population of municipalities and shall not be subject to dollar limitations.

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BILL NOS04920 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4920

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,
 Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the environmental conserva-
 tion law and the public health law, in relation to the allocation of
 funds from the clean water state revolving fund and the drinking
 water revolving fund by the environmental facilities corporation

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1285-j of the
 2 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 262 of the laws of 2007,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) The corporation shall undertake and provide assistance in support
 5 of the program to make financial assistance available to municipalities
 6 to encourage and support the planning, development and construction of
 7 municipal water pollution control projects in accordance with the
 8 provisions of this section, section 17-1909 of the environmental conser-
 9 vation law, and to make financial assistance available to eligible
 10 borrowers through linked deposits made in accordance with article
 11 sixteen of the state finance law. Moneys of the fund shall be allocated
 12 to municipalities for eligible projects in proportion to the population
 13 of such municipality and shall not be subject to a dollar amount limita-
 14 tion.
 15 § 2. Paragraph g of subdivision 1 of section 17-1909 of the environ-
 16 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 262 of the laws of 2007,
 17 is amended to read as follows:
 18 g. "Intended use plan" means the plan prepared pursuant to subdivision
 19 two of this section, identifying the intended uses of the amounts avail-
 20 able in the fund, including but not limited to: (i) a list of those
 21 projects for construction of publicly owned treatment works on the
 22 priority list developed pursuant to subdivision two of this section;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02991-01-5

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 1 (ii) a list of projects developed pursuant to subdivision two of this
 2 section anticipated to be financed by the fund through the water
 3 pollution control linked deposit program; (iii) a description of the
 4 short and long term goals and objectives of the fund; (iv) information
 5 on the activities to be supported, including a description of project
 6 categories, discharge requirements under the Federal Water Pollution
 7 Control Act, terms of financial assistance, and eligible borrowers
 8 pursuant to the water pollution control linked deposit program served;
 9 (v) the criteria and method established for the distribution of funds;
 10 and (vi) the amount of moneys from the fund[, not to exceed ten million
 11 dollars annually,] to be made available for linked loans under the water
 12 pollution control linked deposit program during the period covered by
 13 such intended use plan.
 14 § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 17-1909 of the environ-
 15 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 284 of the laws of 2024,
 16 is amended to read as follows:
 17 a. The corporation is authorized to promulgate regulat