New York A 2181: Provides lead service line identification for certain water systems

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A02181 Summary:

BILL NOA02181 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03581

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRBichotte Hermelyn, Steck, Reyes, Colton, Seawright, Hevesi, Brown K, Simone, Rosenthal, Stern,
 Rivera, Gonzalez-Rojas, Jensen, Forrest, Dinowitz, Simon, Schiavoni, McDonald, Meeks, Lunsford,
 Levenberg, Shimsky, Otis, Rajkumar, Carroll R, Slater, Bendett, McMahon, Gibbs, Shrestha, Kay,
 Gallagher, Griffin, Stirpe, Hunter, Conrad, Cunningham, Woerner, Weprin, Lupardo, Barrett, Davila,
 DeStefano, Glick, Bronson, Jacobson, Kelles, Romero, Lee, Lasher, Solages, Rozic, Clark, Kassay,
 Manktelow, De Los Santos, Santabarbara, Eachus, Bores, Valdez, Lavine, Carroll P, Benedetto,
 Sayegh, Angelino, Burke, Williams, Durso, Raga, Burroughs, Walker, Wright, Hooks, Alvarez, Moreno,
 Dilan, Magnarelli, Zinerman, Cashman, Powers, Anderson, Braunstein, Burdick, Tapia, Gray, Torres

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1114-c, Pub Health L

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Provides lead service line identification by a public water system that serves certain areas.

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BILL NOA02181 

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01/15/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2181

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, STECK, REYES, COLTON,
 SEAWRIGHT, HEVESI, K. BROWN, SIMONE, ROSENTHAL, STERN, RIVERA, GONZA-
 LEZ-ROJAS, JENSEN, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to lead service line
 identification

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 1114-c to read as follows:
 3 § 1114-c. Lead service line identification. 1. For the purposes of
 4 this section:
 5 (a) "Covered water system" means (i) a public water system that serves
 6 at least fifteen service connections used by year-round residents or
 7 regularly serves at least twenty-five year-round residents; or (ii) a
 8 public water system that regularly serves at least twenty-five of the
 9 same people, four hours or more per day, for four or more days per week,
 10 for twenty-six or more weeks per year.
 11 (b) "Service line" means any piping connecting a water main to a
 12 building inlet.
 13 (c) "Galvanized service line" means iron or steel piping that has been
 14 dipped in zinc to prevent corrosion and rusting.
 15 (d) "Gooseneck, pigtail, or connector" means a short section of
 16 piping, typically not exceeding two feet, which can be bent and used for
 17 connections between rigid service piping, typically connecting the
 18 service line to the water main.
 19 (e) "Lead service line" means a service line made of lead or where a
 20 portion of the service line is made of lead. A gooseneck, pigtail, or
 21 connector made of lead shall be considered a lead service line, regard-
 22 less of length and regardless of the material of the service line to
 23 which such gooseneck, pigtail, or connector is attached. A galvanized

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04768-01-5

 A. 2181 2

 1 service line shall be considered a lead service line if it is currently
 2 or ever was downstream of a lead service line or is currently downstream
 3 in the direction of flow of a lead status unknown service line. If the
 4 covered water system is unable to demonstrate that the galvanized
 5 service line was never downstream of a lead service line, the galvanized
 6 service line shall be considered a lead service line.
 7 (f) "Customer" means an owner of real property served by the covered
 8 public water system.
 9 (g) "Property" means real property served by the covered public water
 10 system.
 11 (h) "Non-owner adult occupant" means a person, age eighteen or older,
 12 other than the customer that is occupying, with the consent of the
 13 customer, real property served by the covered water system, including
 14 but not limited to tenants and occupants as