Bill Text: NY A00141 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 141 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the concentration of fluoride additives in water.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to health [A00141 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00141-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          141
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to fluoride additives
         in water
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1100-a of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3.  FOR  ANY  PUBLIC  WATER  SUPPLY  TO  WHICH ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN,
    4  VILLAGE, OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY  ADDS  A  FLUORIDE  COMPOUND,  THE  OPTIMAL
    5  FLUORIDE TARGET LEVEL SHALL BE 0.7 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER AND THE FLUORIDE
    6  LEVEL  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED 0.8 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
    7  MAKE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENFORCE THIS SUBDIVISION.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    9  have  become  a  law. Effective immediately, any rules, regulations, and
   10  actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its  effec-
   11  tive date are authorized to be made prior to such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03511-01-3