Bill Text: NY S05588 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S05588 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05588-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5588

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 11, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to direct certain state agencies to consider the right to potable
          water when revising, adopting, or establishing policies,  regulations,
          and grant criteria that are relevant to or affect that right

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

     1    Section 1. All relevant state agencies, including  the  department  of
     2  health,  the department of environmental conservation and the department
     3  of public service shall consider the right to safe,  clean,  affordable,
     4  and  accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sani-
     5  tary purposes when revising, adopting, or establishing  policies,  regu-
     6  lations, and grant criteria that are relevant to or affect that right.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01522-01-1