New York A 7467: Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities

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A07467 Summary:

BILL NOA07467B

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SAME ASSAME AS S04071-B

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSRReyes, Rosenthal, Shimsky, Simone, Epstein, Carroll R, Shrestha, Simon, Kelles, Raga, Bores, Tapia,
 Gonzalez-Rojas, Taylor, Levenberg, Lasher, Pheffer Amato, Gallagher, Zinerman, Conrad, Tannousis,
 Torres, McDonald, Cook, Weprin, Seawright, McMahon, Bichotte Hermelyn, Jacobson, Colton, Lunsford,
 Schiavoni, Kim, Paulin, Brown K, Hyndman, Valdez, Burdick, Dilan, Wright, Lavine, Lemondes, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Pub Auth L, generally

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Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.

Go to top A07467 Actions:

BILL NOA07467B

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03/28/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

04/16/2025amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

04/16/2025print number 7467a

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

05/05/2026amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

05/05/2026print number 7467b

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Go to topA07467 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7467--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, REYES, ROSENTHAL, SHIMSKY, SIMONE,
 R. CARROLL, SHRESTHA, SIMON, KELLES, RAGA, BORES, TAPIA, GONZALEZ-RO-
 JAS, TAYLOR, LEVENBERG, LASHER, PHEFFER AMATO, GALLAGHER, ZINERMAN,
 CONRAD, TANNOUSIS, TORRES, McDONALD, COOK, WEPRIN, SEAWRIGHT, McMAHON,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, JACOBSON, COLTON, LUNSFORD, SCHIAVONI, KIM, PAULIN,
 K. BROWN, HYNDMAN, VALDEZ, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations,
 Authorities and Commissions 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, in relation to including
 stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water,
 sewer, and water and sewer authorities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 12, 13 and 14 of section 1045-b of the public
 2 authorities law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 1984, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 12. "Sewage" shall mean the water-carried human or animal wastes from
 5 residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places,
 6 together with such groundwater infiltration, stormwater, and surface
 7 water as may be present. The admixture with sewage of industrial or
 8 other waste also shall be considered "sewage" within the meaning of this
 9 title.
 10 13. "Sewerage facility" or "sewerage facilities" shall mean any
 11 plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, reha-
 12 bilitated or constructed or planned for the purpose of collecting,
 13 conveying, treating and disposing of stormwater or sewage, including
 14 main, trunk, intercepting, connecting, lateral, outlet or other sewers,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08685-07-6

 A. 7467--B 2

 1 outfall, pumping stations, treatment and disposal plants, groundwater
 2 recharge basins, back-flow prevention devices, sludge dewatering or
 3 disposal equipment and facilities, clarifiers, filters, phosphorous
 4 removal equipment, and other plants, structures, equipment, vehicles,
 5 conveyances, real or personal property or rights therein and appurte-
 6 nances thereto necessary or useful and convenient for the collection,
 7 conveyance, pumping, treatment, neutralizing, storing and disposing of
 8 stormwater or sewage.
 9 14. "Sewerage system" shall mean the [sewage] system or systems for
 10 the collection, conveyance, pumping, treatment neutralizing, storage and
 11 disposal [system or systems] of sewage or stormwater in the possession
 12 of, or under the jurisdictio