New York S 7238: Repeals section 421-a of the real property tax law relating to the affordable New York housing program

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S07238 Summary:

BILL NOS07238A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07990-A

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSRCLEARE, MYRIE

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §56-0203, En Con L; amd §1114, add §1170, Pub Health L

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Relates to the criteria for financing certain lead service line and pipe replacements by the environmental facilities corporation.

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BILL NOS07238A

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04/04/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/29/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/29/2025PRINT NUMBER 7238A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7238--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the public health
 law, in relation to the criteria for financing certain lead service
 line and pipe replacements

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

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 56-0203 to read as follows:
 3 § 56-0203. Replacements of lead service lines and pipes.
 4 1. The environmental facilities corporation shall revise criteria for
 5 the approval of projects to finance lead service line and pipe replace-
 6 ments which shall include, but not be limited to, the cost burden of the
 7 replacement per service line on the water system, the incidence of
 8 childhood lead poisoning within the water system, the degree of action
 9 level exceedance in the water system, and the water system's commitment
 10 to funding the full costs of the full replacement of lead service lines,
 11 including both the water system and the property owner's portions of a
 12 lead service line.
 13 2. For purposes of this section:
 14 (a) "Service line" means any piping connecting a water main to a
 15 building inlet.
 16 (b) "Lead service line" means a service line made of lead or where a
 17 portion of the service line is made of lead.
 18 (c) "Action level exceedance" means the occurrence when the ninetieth
 19 percentile of all tap water samples in a water system exceeds fifteen
 20 parts per billion, as established by the environmental protection agency
 21 or the state department of health.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09669-04-5

 S. 7238--A 2

 1 § 2. Section 1114 of the public health law, as amended by section 8 of
 2 part MM of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 1114. Lead service line replacement grant program. 1. The department
 5 shall allocate appropriated funds equitably among regions of the state.
 6 Within each region, the department shall [give priority to munici-
 7 palities that have a high percentage of elevated childhood blood lead
 8 levels, based on the most recent available data. In distributing the
 9 awards allocated for each region to such priority municipalities, the
 10 department shall also consider whether the community is low income and
 11 the number of lead service lines in need of replacement] score projects
 12 on the following criteria; the cost burden of the replacement per
 13 service line on the water system, the incidence of childhood lead
 14 poisoning within the water system, the degree of action level exceedance
 15 in the water system, and the water system's commitment to funding the
 16 full costs of the full replacement of lead service lines, including both
 17 the water system and the property owner's portions of a lead service
 18 line.
 19 2. The department may request that such municipalities provide such
 20 documentation as the department may require to confirm award eligibil-
 21 ity.
 22 [2.] 3. Further, the department shall establish a statewide plan for
 23 lead service line replacement