New York S 6885: Relates to providing water utilities with access to water quality infrastructure improvement funding

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S06885 Summary:

BILL NOS06885 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, COMRIE, PALUMBO, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1281, Pub Auth L; amd §1160, Pub Health L; amd Part T §6, Chap 57 of 2017; amd §102, RPT L

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Relates to providing water utilities with access to water quality infrastructure improvement funding.

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BILL NOS06885 

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03/26/2025REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6885

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, PALUMBO, RHOADS --
 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 public health law, the
 New York State water infrastructure improvement act of 2017, and the
 real property tax law, in relation to providing access to water qual-
 ity infrastructure improvement funding to water utilities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1281 of the public authorities
 2 law, as added by chapter 413 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 34. "Recipient" shall mean any municipality, public utility, or
 5 person, including any individual, firm, partnership, association, not-
 6 for-profit corporation or other corporation organized and existing under
 7 the laws of the state or any other state which is empowered to construct
 8 and operate an eligible project, or any two or more of the foregoing
 9 which are acting jointly in connection with an eligible project;
 10 provided any project by a water utility shall have a clear and definite
 11 public purpose and shall benefit the customers of the water system.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 10 of section 1160 of the public health law, as
 13 added by chapter 413 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
 14 follows:
 15 10. "Recipient" means any municipality, public utility, or person,
 16 including any individual, firm, partnership, association, not-for-profit
 17 corporation or other corporation organized and existing under the laws
 18 of the state or any other state which is empowered to construct and
 19 operate an eligible project, or any two or more of the foregoing which
 20 are acting jointly in connection with an eligible project; provided any
 21 project by a water utility shall have a clear and definite public
 22 purpose and shall benefit the customers of the water system.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06222-01-5

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 1 § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6 of part T of chapter 57
 2 of the laws of 2017, constituting the New York State water infrastruc-
 3 ture improvement act of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 4 a. The environmental facilities corporation shall undertake and
 5 provide state financial assistance payments, from funds appropriated for
 6 such purpose, to municipalities and water utilities regulated by the
 7 public service commission in support of water quality infrastructure
 8 projects provided, however, in any such year that funds are appropriated
 9 for such purpose, no municipality or water utility shall receive more
 10 than five million dollars of appropriated funds, and any project by a
 11 water utility shall have a clear and definite public purpose and shall
 12 benefit the customers of the water system. Such state financial assist-
 13 ance payments shall be awarded only to water quality infrastructure
 14 projects for:
 15 (i) replacement or repair of infrastructure; or
 16 (ii) compliance with environmental and public health laws and regu-
 17 lations related to water quality.
 18 § 4. Subdivision 17 of section 102 of the real property tax law, as
 19 amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 1996, is amended t