Assembly Bill A3722

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the New York state environmental facilities corporation to award grants and loans to non-public entities for certain water quality projects

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A3722 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8001
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1283, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9853

2025-A3722 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the New York state environmental facilities corporation to award grants and loans to community water systems and non-community water systems for water quality projects that relate to the removal of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

2025-A3722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3722
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
   the  New  York  state  environmental  facilities  corporation to award
   grants and loans to non-public  entities  for  certain  water  quality
   projects

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1283  of  the  public  authorities
 law,  as  amended by chapter 744 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read
 as follows:
   2.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "PERFLUOROALKYL AND  POLYFLUORO-
 ALKYL  SUBSTANCES"  OR  "PFAS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION
 37-0203 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   3. THE CORPORATION MAY AWARD GRANTS AND LOANS TO  NON-PUBLIC  ENTITIES
 FOR  WATER QUALITY PROJECTS THAT RELATE TO THE REMOVAL OF PERFLUOROALKYL
 AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FOR A PUBLIC  WATER  SYSTEM  WHICH
 PROVIDES  WATER  TO  THE  PUBLIC  FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION THROUGH PIPES OR
 OTHER CONSTRUCTED  CONVEYANCES.    FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 "PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM" MEANS A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM AS DEFINED IN 10 NYCRR
 5-1.1(CB)  AND  INCLUDES  A  COMMUNITY  WATER SYSTEM, NONCOMMUNITY WATER
 SYSTEM, TRANSIENT NONCOMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM,  NONTRANSIENT  NONCOMMUNITY
 WATER  SYSTEM  AS DEFINED IN SUCH REGULATIONS AND ANY SUBSEQUENT UPDATES
 OF SUCH REGULATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   4. It is hereby found and declared  that  such  purposes  are  in  all
 respects  for the benefit of the people of the state of New York and the
 corporation shall be regarded as performing  an  essential  governmental
 function  in  carrying  out  its  purposes  and in exercising the powers
 granted by this title.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08106-01-5

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