NY State Senate Bill 2023-S5728A

Senate Bill S5728A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 16, 2024	reported and committed to finance
Jan 03, 2024	referred to environmental conservation returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 06, 2023	referred to environmental conservation delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 01, 2023	ordered to third reading cal.1504 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 18, 2023	print number 5728a
May 18, 2023	amend and recommit to finance
May 09, 2023	reported and committed to finance
Mar 15, 2023	referred to environmental conservation

Votes

- Jun 6, 2023 - Floor Vote
  S5728A
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 6, 2023
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Walczyk
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Felder
  Jun 1, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5728A
  
  20
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 1, 2023
      
      aye (20)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Lanza
  Jan 16, 2024 - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote
  S5728A
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Jan 16, 2024
      
      aye (11)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Palumbo
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stec
  May 9, 2023 - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote
  S5728A
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: May 9, 2023
      
      aye (11)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Palumbo
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stec

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2023-S5728 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6056
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add §15-0519, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7545, A9912
2021-2022: S655, A7543

2023-S5728 - Summary

Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations.

2023-S5728 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5728

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
creating a program to assist local municipalities with water quality
improvement of water bodies managed by lake associations

 
PURPOSE:

Creates a program to assist in ensuring water quality of bodies of water
that are managed by lake associations

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes a program to assist municipalities in improving
the water quality of bodies of water owned by lake associations. The
program, in conjunction with municipalities, shall assist in identifying
water quality concerns at a water body managed by a lake association, as
well as determining the most effective means of remediation for these
concerns and deciding practices to improve and maintain water quality.

This section additionally establishes a grant program to assist munici-
palities with remedial actions to address water quality at lake associ-
ations. Lastly, it authorizes the department to declare rules and regu-
lations to implement this section.

Section 2 states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There are many resources available to aid municipalities in improving
water quality. However, many small lake associations that are tasked
with managing these bodies of water neither have the capital to afford a
consultant to identify what the contaminant is and its source, nor are
they able to qualify to apply for grant programs that are accessible to
municipalities. Our water bodies know no boundaries.  While the surface
of a body of water may reside in private hands, once it reaches a
watershed is a public asset that must be managed accordingly.

Without access to resources necessary to remedy poor water quality,
potential pollution to nearby wells and surrounding groundwater will
continue. This legislation will open up avenues for lake associations to
receive much needed aid. Water quality issues will be addressed by
providing for a consultant to help municipalities and lake associations
the contaminants that are compromising the water quality of their lakes,
the source of the contamination, and what remediation action is neces-
sary.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S655/A7543 - Passed Senate/Died in Environmental Conservation

2019-2020: S7545/A9912 - Died in Environmental Conservation/Died in
Environmental Conservation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment,
and/or repeal of any rules and regulations necessary to implement the
provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
to be completed on or before such effective date.

2023-S5728 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5728
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   creating  a  program to assist local municipalities with water quality
   improvement of water bodies managed by lake associations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 15-0519 to read as follows:
 § 15-0519. WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; LAKE ASSOCIATIONS.
   1. SUBJECT TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUCH PURPOSE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL,
 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION, CREATE  A
 PROGRAM  TO  ASSIST MUNICIPALITIES TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY IN WATER
 BODIES MANAGED BY LAKE ASSOCIATIONS LOCATED  WITHIN  SUCH  MUNICIPALITY.
 THE PROGRAM SHALL, IN COOPERATION WITH MUNICIPALITIES:
   A.  IDENTIFY  ANY  WATER QUALITY CONCERNS AT A WATER BODY MANAGED BY A
 LAKE ASSOCIATION WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY;
   B. DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO  REMEDIATE  ANY  WATER  QUALITY
 CONCERNS; AND
   C.  ASSIST  WITH  DETERMINING  BEST  PRACTICES TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN
 WATER QUALITY OF WATER BODIES MANAGED BY LAKE  ASSOCIATIONS  WITHIN  THE
 MUNICIPALITY.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST MUNICI-
 PALITIES WITH REMEDIAL ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE  WATER  QUALITY  OF  WATER
 BODIES WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY MANAGED BY LAKE ASSOCIATIONS.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
 IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment, and/or repeal of any rules and regulations necessary to  implement
 the  provisions  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be
 made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06994-02-3

2023-S5728A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6056
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add §15-0519, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7545, A9912
2021-2022: S655, A7543

2023-S5728A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations.

2023-S5728A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5728A

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
creating a program to assist local municipalities with water quality
improvement of water bodies managed by lake associations

 
PURPOSE:

Creates a program to assist in ensuring water quality of bodies of water
that are managed by lake associations

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes a program to assist municipalities in improving
the water quality of bodies of water owned by lake associations. The
program, at the request of municipalities, shall assist in identifying
water quality concerns at a water body managed by a lake association, as
well as determining the most effective means of remediation for these
concerns and deciding practices to improve and maintain water quality.

This section additionally establishes a grant program to assist munici-
palities with remedial actions to address water quality at lake associ-
ations. Lastly, it authorizes the department to declare rules and regu-
lations to implement this section.

Section 2 states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There are many resources available to aid municipalities in improving
water quality. However, many small lake associations that are tasked
with managing these bodies of water neither have the capital to afford a
consultant to identify what the contaminant is and its source, nor are
they able to qualify to apply for grant programs that are accessible to
municipalities. Our water bodies know no boundaries.

While the surface of a body of water may reside in private hands, once
it reaches a watershed is a public asset that must be managed according-
ly.

Without access to resources necessary to remedy poor water quality,
potential pollution to nearby wells and surrounding groundwater will
continue. This legislation will open up avenues for lake associations to
receive much needed aid. Water quality issues will be addressed by
providing for a consultant to help municipalities and lake associations
the contaminants that are compromising the water quality of their lakes,
the source of the contamination, and what remediation action is neces-
sary.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S655/A7543 - Passed Senate/Died in Environmental Conservation

2019-2020: S7545/A9912 - Died in Environmental Conservation/Died in
Environmental Conservation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment,
and/or repeal of any rules and regulations necessary to implement the -
provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
to be completed on or before such effective date.

2023-S5728A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5728--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
   -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
   tee  on  Finance  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   creating a program to assist local municipalities with  water  quality
   improvement of water bodies managed by lake associations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 15-0519 to read as follows:
 § 15-0519. WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; LAKE ASSOCIATIONS.
   1. SUBJECT TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUCH PURPOSE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL,
 IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION, CREATE A
 PROGRAM TO ASSIST MUNICIPALITIES TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY  IN  WATER
 BODIES  MANAGED  BY  LAKE ASSOCIATIONS LOCATED WITHIN SUCH MUNICIPALITY.
 THE PROGRAM SHALL, IN COOPERATION WITH MUNICIPALITIES AT THE REQUEST  OF
 THE LAKE ASSOCIATION:
   A.  IDENTIFY  ANY  WATER QUALITY CONCERNS AT A WATER BODY MANAGED BY A
 LAKE ASSOCIATION WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY;
   B. DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO  REMEDIATE  ANY  WATER  QUALITY
 CONCERNS; AND
   C.  ASSIST  WITH  DETERMINING  BEST  PRACTICES TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN
 WATER QUALITY OF WATER BODIES MANAGED BY LAKE  ASSOCIATIONS  WITHIN  THE
 MUNICIPALITY.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST MUNICI-
 PALITIES WITH REMEDIAL ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE  WATER  QUALITY  OF  WATER
 BODIES WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY MANAGED BY LAKE ASSOCIATIONS.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
 IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06994-03-3

 S. 5728--A                          2
 
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment, and/or repeal of any rules and regulations necessary to  implement
 the  provisions  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be
 made and completed on or before such effective date.

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