Bill Text: NY A03361 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the New York state drinking water bill of rights.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - advanced to third reading cal.472 [A03361 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3361
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
        AN ACT to enact the New York state drinking water bill of rights
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
     2  state drinking water bill of rights".
     3    §  2.  (a)  It  is hereby declared to be the established policy of the
     4  state that every New York state resident has the right to  safe,  clean,
     5  affordable,  and  accessible water adequate for human consumption, cook-
     6  ing, and sanitary purposes.
     7    (b) All relevant state agencies, including the department  of  health,
     8  the  department  of  environmental  conservation  and  the department of
     9  public service shall consider this state policy when revising, adopting,
    10  or establishing policies, regulations, and  grant  criteria  when  those
    11  policies,  regulations,  and criteria are pertinent to the uses of water
    12  described in this section.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05140-01-9