Bill Text: NY A03133 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity; does not apply to NYC.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A03133 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03133-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3133

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 2, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. STECK, McMAHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          establishing  the  safe  water  infrastructure  action program for the
          purpose of making payments toward the replacement  and  rehabilitation
          of  certain  existing  drinking  water, storm water and sanitary sewer
          systems

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

     1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 3-0322 to read as follows:
     3  § 3-0322. Safe water and infrastructure action program.
     4    1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or  any  other
     5  law and subject to an appropriation made therefor and in accordance with
     6  the  provisions  of  this  section  and  with  the rules and regulations
     7  promulgated by the commissioner in connection therewith,  on  and  after
     8  the  first  day of April, two thousand twenty-four, a consolidated local
     9  infrastructure program is hereby established for the purpose  of  making
    10  payments  toward  the  replacement  and rehabilitation of existing local
    11  municipally-owned and funded drinking water, storm  water  and  sanitary
    12  sewer systems. For purposes of this section, such program shall apply to
    13  any  drinking  water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system
    14  within the state that is under the maintenance and/or operational juris-
    15  diction of a county, city, town, village or public authority;  provided,
    16  however,  that  such  system  shall  not be under the maintenance and/or
    17  operational jurisdiction of  a  private  entity.  The  commissioner,  in
    18  conjunction with the environmental facilities corporation, shall promul-
    19  gate  all  necessary  rules  and regulations to carry out the program so
    20  that an equitable distribution of aid shall  be  made  for  the  general
    21  operation and/or general maintenance of any such existing drinking water
    22  system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02298-01-3
        A. 3133                             2

     1    2.  On  or  before  the twenty-fifth day of April, June, September and
     2  November of each state fiscal year commencing with the state fiscal year
     3  beginning on April first, two  thousand  twenty-seven,  there  shall  be
     4  distributed  and  paid  to  counties, cities, towns, villages and public
     5  authorities  an amount equal to the moneys appropriated for the purposes
     6  of this section divided by the number of payment  dates  in  that  state
     7  fiscal  year.  Such  amounts  shall  be distributed and paid pursuant to
     8  subdivision three of this section.
     9    3. Amounts shall be distributed for local drinking water, storm  water
    10  and  sanitary sewer systems based upon the total length and width of all
    11  pipelines and mains owned and operated by the  municipality,  or  public
    12  authority.
    13    4.  Monies made available may be used to match other state and federal
    14  funds made available for such projects.  The funds may also be  used  to
    15  support special improvement districts created to provide drinking water,
    16  waste  water  and  storm water services under articles twelve, twelve-A,
    17  twelve-C and thirteen of the town law.  The remainder of the  apportion-
    18  ment  may  be used for any existing drinking water, storm water or sewer
    19  system purchases, including but not limited to, the acquisition of mate-
    20  rials for the replacement or rehabilitation.
    21    5. For any city, town, village  or  public  authority  which  proposes
    22  infrastructure  consolidation  under this section or merges with another
    23  municipality, the funds appropriated under this section may  fund  costs
    24  associated with such consolidation.
    25    6.  For each fiscal year, starting in two thousand twenty-seven, funds
    26  are to be made available to the local infrastructure assistance  account
    27  of  the  general  fund,  and distributed from that account, in an amount
    28  that is at least equal to those appropriated and made available  in  the
    29  Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS).
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.