Senate Bill S7934

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish an installation grant program and a maintenance rebate program for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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-S7934 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9260
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§37-0123 & 37-0125, En Con L

2023-S7934 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment installation grant program, providing a one-time grant to private well users for the installation of PFAS treatment or service connection to a public water system; directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment maintenance rebate program, providing a rebate to private well users for the maintenance of PFAS treatment equipment.

2023-S7934 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7934 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7934
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 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
   directing  the department of environmental conservation to establish a
   perfluoroalkyl  and  polyfluoroalkyl  substances   removal   treatment
   installation  grant  program  and  a perfluoroakyl and polyfluoroalkyl
   substances removal treatment maintenance rebate program
 
   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 37-0123 to read as follows:
 § 37-0123. PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES REMOVAL  TREAT-
              MENT INSTALLATION GRANT PROGRAM.
   1.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "PERFLUOROALKYL AND
 POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES" OR "PFAS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS  IN
 SECTION 27-3301 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2.  GRANT  PROGRAM.  THE  DEPARTMENT,  WITHIN  AMOUNTS FROM ANY SOURCE
 APPROPRIATED OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, SHALL  ESTABLISH  A
 PERFLUOROALKYL  AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES REMOVAL TREATMENT INSTAL-
 LATION GRANT PROGRAM. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE A ONE-TIME  GRANT  TO
 PRIVATE  WELL USERS FOR UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE INSTALLATION
 OF PFAS  TREATMENT,  OR  UP  TO  TEN  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  A  SERVICE
 CONNECTION TO A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.
   3.  ELIGIBILITY.  (A) THE FOLLOWING PERSONS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY
 FOR SUCH GRANT PROGRAM:
   (I) OWNERS OF A SINGLE OR MULTIPLE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY; AND
   (II) TENANTS OR OCCUPANTS OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WHERE THE OWNER OF
 SUCH PROPERTY HAS NOT APPLIED FOR THE GRANT FOR SUCH PROPERTY.
   (B) INSTALLERS OF SUCH TREATMENTS MAY APPLY FOR SUCH GRANT  ON  BEHALF
 OF  AN  ELIGIBLE APPLICANT, PROVIDED THERE IS A WAIVER OF CLAIMS BETWEEN
 SUCH PARTIES.
   (C) AN APPLICANT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR SUCH GRANT PROGRAM
 IF SUCH APPLICANT HAS AN OFFER OF AN ALTERNATE WATER SOURCE FROM A THIRD
 PARTY, INCLUDING BOTTLED WATER, TREATMENT, OR SERVICE CONNECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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