assembly Bill A9687C

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to conduct periodic testing of school potable water sources and systems to monitor for lead contamination in certain school buildings

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 13, 2016 print number 9687c
Jun 13, 2016 amend and recommit to education
Jun 10, 2016 print number 9687b
Jun 10, 2016 amend and recommit to education
May 31, 2016 print number 9687a
May 31, 2016 amend and recommit to education
Mar 29, 2016 referred to education

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A9687 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7103
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1110, Pub Health L; amd §§3602 & 1950, Ed L

A9687 - Summary

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to conduct periodic testing of school potable water sources and systems to monitor for lead contamination in certain school buildings; provides additional aid to such districts and boards for the costs incurred due to the testing of such potable water sources and systems containing an unacceptable amount of lead.

A9687 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9687

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LUPARDO, GOTTFRIED, ROSENTHAL, GALEF, CAHILL,
  DINOWITZ,  LAVINE,  JAFFEE,  SANTABARBARA,  SOLAGES,  HOOPER,  MOSLEY,
  BLAKE, JOYNER, MAYER, LINARES, JEAN-PIERRE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of  A.  ABBATE,  COOK, GIGLIO, GLICK, McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN, PICHARDO,
  SIMON, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
  to potable water testing and standards in 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. SCHOOL POTABLE WATER TESTING AND STANDARDS.  1.  EVERY  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  AND  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL,  AS
PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION,  CONDUCT
PERIODIC  TESTING OF SCHOOL POTABLE WATER SOURCES AND SYSTEMS TO MONITOR
FOR LEAD CONTAMINATION IN EACH SCHOOL BUILDING UNDER  SUCH  DISTRICT  OR
BOARD'S  JURISDICTION  (A)  WHICH  WAS  BUILT  PRIOR TO NINETEEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-SIX, AND (B) WHERE REQUIRED BY REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION. THE TESTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS ANALYZED
BY AN ENTITY OR ENTITIES APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  STANDARDS  FOR ALLOWABLE LEAD
LEVELS IN SCHOOL POTABLE WATER. POTABLE WATER IN EACH SCHOOL  SHALL  NOT
CONTAIN LEAD LEVELS HIGHER THAN SUCH STANDARDS.
  3.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REMEDIATION
OF SCHOOL POTABLE WATER THAT EXCEEDS APPLICABLE  LEAD  LEVEL  STANDARDS,
INCLUDING  REQUIREMENTS FOR RE-TESTING SUCH SCHOOL POTABLE WATER SOURCES
AND SYSTEMS.
  4. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES
SHALL  MAKE  A  COPY OF THE RESULTS OF ALL TESTING CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE  AND  IN  ADDITIONAL
MEANS  AS  CHOSEN  BY  SUCH  DISTRICT OR BOARD AND SHALL NOTIFY PARENTS,
TEACHERS, EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT PARTY THAT  SUCH
TEST RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14805-01-6

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A9687A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7103
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1110, Pub Health L; amd §§3602 & 1950, Ed L

A9687A - Summary

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to conduct periodic testing of school potable water sources and systems to monitor for lead contamination in certain school buildings; provides additional aid to such districts and boards for the costs incurred due to the testing of such potable water sources and systems containing an unacceptable amount of lead.

A9687A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 9687--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LUPARDO, GOTTFRIED, ROSENTHAL, GALEF, CAHILL,
  DINOWITZ,  LAVINE,  JAFFEE,  SANTABARBARA,  SOLAGES,  HOOPER,  MOSLEY,
  BLAKE,  JOYNER,  MAYER,  LINARES, JEAN-PIERRE, FAHY, PALMESANO, ROZIC,
  BARRON, BARRETT, CANCEL, ARROYO, HAWLEY, ZEBROWSKI, RUSSELL --  Multi-
  Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.  ABBATE, COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, GIGLIO, GLICK,
  McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN,  PICHARDO,  SIMON,  THIELE  --  read  once  and
  referred  to  the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
  to potable water testing and standards in 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. SCHOOL POTABLE WATER TESTING AND STANDARDS. 1. UNLESS CLASSI-
FIED AS A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM UNDER THE FEDERAL  1991  LEAD  AND  COPPER
RULE  40 CFR PARTS 141 AND 142, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOP-
ERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES  SHALL  CONDUCT  PERIODIC  FIRST-DRAWN  TAP
TESTING  FOR  POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS TO MONITOR FOR LEAD CONTAMINATION IN
EACH OCCUPIED SCHOOL BUILDING UNDER  ITS  JURISDICTION  AS  REQUIRED  BY
REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. THE TESTING SHALL BE
CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS ANALYZED BY AN ENTITY OR ENTITIES APPROVED  BY
THE  COMMISSIONER. TESTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED AT A TIME WHEN THE COMMIS-
SIONER HAS DETERMINED THAT LEAD LEVELS ARE ANTICIPATED TO  BE  AT  THEIR
HIGHEST.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR ALLOWABLE LEAD
LEVELS IN SCHOOL POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS.
  2. WHERE PERIODIC FIRST-DRAW TAP TESTING RESULTS  IN  FINDINGS  OF  NO
CONTAMINATION  FOR A PERIOD TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, FIRST-
DRAWN TAP WATER TESTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY AT  A  FREQUENCY
TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  3.  WHERE  A  FINDING  OF  CONTAMINATION  IS MADE, THE AFFECTED SCHOOL
SHALL: (A) CONTINUE FIRST-DRAWN TAP WATER TESTING  AT  LEAST  EVERY  SIX
MONTHS  UNTIL  TEST  RESULTS INDICATE ACCEPTABLE LEAD LEVELS PURSUANT TO

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

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A9687B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7103
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1110, Pub Health L; amd §§3602 & 1950, Ed L

A9687B - Summary

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to conduct periodic testing of school potable water sources and systems to monitor for lead contamination in certain school buildings; provides additional aid to such districts and boards for the costs incurred due to the testing of such potable water sources and systems containing an unacceptable amount of lead.

A9687B - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 9687--B

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LUPARDO, GOTTFRIED, ROSENTHAL, GALEF, CAHILL,
  DINOWITZ,  LAVINE,  JAFFEE,  SANTABARBARA,  SOLAGES,  HOOPER,  MOSLEY,
  BLAKE,  JOYNER,  MAYER,  LINARES, JEAN-PIERRE, FAHY, PALMESANO, ROZIC,
  BARRON, BARRETT, CANCEL, ARROYO, HAWLEY, ZEBROWSKI, RUSSELL,  CASTORI-
  NA,   WALKER,   SKOUFIS,  ORTIZ,  LIFTON,  McDONALD,  OTIS,  BUCHWALD,
  PEOPLES-STOKES, MURRAY, McLAUGHLIN, RAIA, GIGLIO, KAVANAGH,  MAGNAREL-
  LI,  SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, COOK, CROUCH,
  ENGLEBRIGHT, GLICK, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, PICHARDO,  SIMON,  THIELE  --
  read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee on Education -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
  ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
  to potable water testing and standards in 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. SCHOOL POTABLE WATER TESTING AND STANDARDS. 1.  IN ADDITION TO
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY CLASSIFIED AS A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM UNDER PARTS
141  AND  142  OF  TITLE  40 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AS SUCH
REGULATIONS MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, BE AMENDED,  EVERY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
AND  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL CONDUCT PERIODIC
FIRST-DRAWN TAP TESTING OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS  TO  MONITOR  FOR  LEAD
CONTAMINATION IN EACH OCCUPIED SCHOOL BUILDING UNDER ITS JURISDICTION AS
REQUIRED  BY REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. THE TEST-
ING SHALL BE CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS ANALYZED BY AN ENTITY OR ENTITIES
APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  2. WHERE PERIODIC FIRST-DRAW TAP TESTING RESULTS  IN  FINDINGS  OF  NO
CONTAMINATION  FOR A PERIOD TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, FIRST-
DRAWN TAP WATER TESTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY AT  A  FREQUENCY
TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  3.  WHERE A FINDING OF LEAD CONTAMINATION IS MADE, THE AFFECTED SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHALL: (A) CONTINUE FIRST-DRAWN  TAP  WATER  TESTING  AT  LEAST

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

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A9687C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7103
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1110, Pub Health L; amd §§3602 & 1950, Ed L

A9687C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to conduct periodic testing of school potable water sources and systems to monitor for lead contamination in certain school buildings; provides additional aid to such districts and boards for the costs incurred due to the testing of such potable water sources and systems containing an unacceptable amount of lead.

A9687C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 9687--C

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LUPARDO, GOTTFRIED, ROSENTHAL, GALEF, CAHILL,
  DINOWITZ,  LAVINE,  JAFFEE,  SANTABARBARA,  SOLAGES,  HOOPER,  MOSLEY,
  BLAKE,  JOYNER,  MAYER,  LINARES, JEAN-PIERRE, FAHY, PALMESANO, ROZIC,
  BARRON, BARRETT, CANCEL, ARROYO, HAWLEY, ZEBROWSKI, RUSSELL,  CASTORI-
  NA,   WALKER,   SKOUFIS,  ORTIZ,  LIFTON,  McDONALD,  OTIS,  BUCHWALD,
  PEOPLES-STOKES, MURRAY, McLAUGHLIN, RAIA, GIGLIO, KAVANAGH,  MAGNAREL-
  LI, SEAWRIGHT, WOERNER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, COOK,
  CROUCH,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  GLICK,  McDONOUGH,  McKEVITT,  PICHARDO, SIMON,
  THIELE -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee -- again reported  from  said  committee
  with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
  committee -- again  reported  from  said  committee  with  amendments,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
  to potable water testing and standards in 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. SCHOOL POTABLE WATER TESTING AND STANDARDS. 1.  IN ADDITION TO
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY CLASSIFIED AS A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM UNDER PARTS
141  AND  142  OF  TITLE  40 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AS SUCH
REGULATIONS MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, BE AMENDED,  EVERY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
AND  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL CONDUCT PERIODIC
FIRST-DRAWN TAP TESTING OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS  TO  MONITOR  FOR  LEAD
CONTAMINATION IN EACH OCCUPIED SCHOOL BUILDING UNDER ITS JURISDICTION AS
REQUIRED  BY REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. THE TEST-
ING SHALL BE CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS ANALYZED BY AN ENTITY OR ENTITIES
APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  2. WHERE PERIODIC FIRST-DRAW TAP TESTING RESULTS  IN  FINDINGS  OF  NO
CONTAMINATION  FOR A PERIOD TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, FIRST-
DRAWN TAP WATER TESTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY AT  A  FREQUENCY
TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.

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