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A04831 Summary:

BILL NOA04831 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGallagher

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COSPNSRBurdick, Rosenthal, Simon, Kelles, Gonzalez-Rojas, Davila, Forrest, Shimsky, Bores, Reyes, Colton,
 Simone, Mamdani

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 17 Title 23 §§17-2301 - 17-2305

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Authorizes local water and sewerage authorities to charge fees for surface runoff.

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BILL NOA04831 

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02/06/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

03/07/2025reference changed to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4831

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAGHER, BURDICK, ROSENTHAL, SIMON, KELLES,
 GONZALEZ-ROJAS, DAVILA, FORREST, SHIMSKY, BORES, REYES, COLTON,
 SIMONE, MAMDANI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo-
 rations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 authorizing local water and sewerage authorities to charge fees for
 surface runoff

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

 1 Section 1. Article 17 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 23 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 23
 4 STORMWATER FEES
 5 Section 17-2301. Definitions.
 6 17-2303. Stormwater fees authorized.
 7 17-2305. Construction.
 8 § 17-2301. Definitions.
 9 As used in this title, unless otherwise expressly stated or the
 10 context or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall
 11 have the following meanings:
 12 1. "Stormwater" means a flow of water occurring on the ground surface
 13 when rain or meltwater can no longer be absorbed by the soil or ground
 14 surface.
 15 2. "Green infrastructure" means the range of measures that use plant
 16 or soil systems, permeable pavement or other permeable surfaces or subs-
 17 trates, stormwater harvest or reuse, or landscaping to store, infiltrate
 18 or evapotranspirate stormwater and reduce flows to sewerage systems,
 19 sewerage facilities, drainage systems, drainage facilities, or to
 20 surface waters.
 21 3. "MS4 compliance" means efforts undertaken to comply with the
 22 requirements of permits issued for municipal separate storm sewer

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08711-01-5

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 1 systems pursuant to any federal rule or regulation required by 31 U.S.C.
 2 section 1342, including 40 C.F.R. parts 9, 122, 123, and 124 ("Stormwa-
 3 ter II") or any successor regulation.
 4 4. "Combined sewer system" means a sewerage system or sewerage facili-
 5 ty owned by the state, authority, or municipality that conveys stormwa-
 6 ter and sanitary wastewater from residential, commercial, and indus-
 7 trial sources through a single-pipe system.
 8 5. "Combined sewer overflow" means the discharge of sewage from a
 9 combined sewer system at a point in such system before such sewage has
 10 reached a publicly owned treatment works, usually caused by an increase
 11 in flow in excess of design capacity.
 12 6. "Stormwater management" means the planning, design, construction,
 13 maintenance, improvement, acquisition, or operation of any public system
 14 of practices or infrastructure, including green infrastructure, within
 15 or on behalf of a district, which conveys, treats, or stores stormwater,
 16 induces groundwater recharge of stormwater, reduces flooding caused by
 17 stormwater, reduces the discharge of untreated stormwater into surface
 18 waters, or reduces combined sewer overflows or other deleterious envi-
 19 ronmental, social, or economic consequences caused by unmanaged stormwa-
 20 ter runoff. Stormwater management shall include, without limitation: MS4
 21 compliance; actions required to comply with a state pollutant discharge
 22 elimination system permit issued pursuant to this article and reasonably
 23 related to stormwater management; the development and implementation