senate Bill S5300

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows the city of Beacon to sell its excess sewage capacity to private corporations and individuals outside of the city limits

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Mar 01, 2021 referred to cities 2

S5300 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5399
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §57, Gen City L

S5300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the city of Beacon to sell its excess sewage capacity to private corporations and individuals outside of the city limits.

S5300 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5300
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to allowing  the  city
   of  Beacon  to sell its excess sewage capacity to private corporations
   and individuals outside of the city limits

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 57 of the general city law, as amended by chapter
 1046 of the laws of 1981, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 222 of the
 laws of 2020 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 419 of the laws  of
 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 57. Article  limited.  1. This article shall not apply to any of the
 following cities: New York, Binghamton, Schenectady,  Elmira,  [Beacon,]
 Hornell, Olean, Poughkeepsie and Cortland.
   2.  This  article,  with the exception of section fifty-six-a thereof,
 shall not apply to the city of Glens Falls [and], the city of Middletown
 AND THE CITY OF BEACON.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08241-01-1

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