Senate Bill S6174

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for annual school lead-copper tap water testing; publishing of reports of contamination and abatement of such contamination

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S6174 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2359
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1110, amd §1102, Pub Health L; add §409-k, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S666, A1601
2013-2014: S45, A5289
2015-2016: A403
2017-2018: A1120

2009-S6174 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for annual school lead-copper tap water testing; requires the publishing of reports of contamination and abatement of such contamination; requires school districts to provide potable water to school children attending affected schools; exempts those schools built without use of lead piping and those schools where a finding of no contamination has been made for three consecutive years.

2009-S6174 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6174 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6174

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                           September 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SCHNEIDERMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
  to the water dispensed within public schools

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
1110 to read as follows:
  S 1110. REPORT. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
OF EDUCATION, SHALL CAUSE TO BE PREPARED  AND  SHALL  PUBLISH  A  REPORT
BASED  ON  ANY  FINDINGS  FROM  THE ANNUAL LEAD-COPPER TAP WATER TESTING
CONDUCTED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION PURSUANT  TO
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINE-K OF THE EDUCATION LAW. SUCH
REPORT  SHALL BE SENT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE PARENTS AND PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION OF  ANY  CHILD
ATTENDING  THE  AFFECTED  SCHOOL  DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
SUCH SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINE-K.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section  1102  of  the  public  health  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  655  of  the  laws  of 1978, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. If any inspection discloses a violation of any rule  or  regulation
promulgated pursuant to section one thousand one hundred of this chapter
relating  to a temporary or permanent source or act of contamination  OR
A FINDING OF CONTAMINATION PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR  HUNDRED  NINE-K  OF
THE  EDUCATION LAW, the person, officer, board, or commission having the
management and control of the potable water supply of the  municipality,
state  or  United  States institution, park, reservation or post, and in
the city of New York, the commissioner of environmental protection,  and
the  board  of  water supply of the city of New York, or the corporation
furnishing such supply shall cause a copy  of  the  rule  or  regulation
violated  to be served upon the person violating the same, with a notice

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00528-04-9
              

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