Senate Bill S5512

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the lead pipe right to know act

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly

  • 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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2023-S5512 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6115
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1114-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9291, A10582

2023-S5512 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the lead pipe right to know act requiring public water systems to take service line inventories and make such information available to the public.

2023-S5512 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5512 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5512
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the  lead
   pipe right to know act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "lead pipe right to know act".
   §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1114-b
 to read as follows:
   § 1114-B. SERVICE LINE INVENTORIES AND MAPPING. 1. DEFINITIONS.    FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "SERVICE  LINE"  MEANS  ANY  PIPING  CONNECTING A WATER MAIN TO A
 BUILDING INLET.
   (B) "GOOSENECK, PIGTAIL,  OR  CONNECTOR"  MEANS  A  SHORT  SECTION  OF
 PIPING, TYPICALLY NOT EXCEEDING TWO FEET, WHICH CAN BE BENT AND USED FOR
 CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RIGID PORTIONS OF A SERVICE LINE.
   (C) "GALVANIZED SERVICE LINE" MEANS IRON OR STEEL PIPING THAT HAS BEEN
 DIPPED IN ZINC TO PREVENT CORROSION AND RUSTING.
   (D) "COVERED PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM" MEANS (I) A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM THAT
 SERVES AT LEAST FIVE SERVICE CONNECTIONS USED BY YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS OR
 REGULARLY  SERVES  AT  LEAST TWENTY-FIVE YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS; OR (II) A
 PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM THAT REGULARLY SERVES AT LEAST  TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE
 SAME PEOPLE, FOUR HOURS OR MORE PER DAY, FOR FOUR OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK,
 FOR TWENTY-SIX OR MORE WEEKS PER YEAR.
   2. EACH COVERED PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM SHALL SUBMIT A SERVICE LINE INVEN-
 TORY, IN A FORMAT TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THAT IDENTIFIES THE
 LOCATION,  MATERIAL  COMPOSITION, AND OTHER DETAILS OF ALL SERVICE LINES
 CONNECTED TO ITS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. EACH COVERED PUBLIC  WATER  SYSTEM
 SHALL ALSO SUBMIT AN INVENTORY SUMMARY FORM, IN A FORMAT TO BE DEVELOPED
 BY  THE  DEPARTMENT, SUMMARIZING THE DATA IDENTIFIED IN THE SERVICE LINE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08102-02-3

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