Assembly Bill A8807

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides reimbursement for enhanced septic system projects

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

  • 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-A8807 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8241
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1285-u, Pub Auth L

2025-A8807 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides reimbursement for enhanced septic system projects and defines what qualifies as an enhanced septic system project.

2025-A8807 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8807
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- (at request of the Environmental Facil-
   ities Corporation) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Envi-
   ronmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law, in relation to the septic
   system replacement fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Paragraphs  (c),  (d),  (e) and (f) of subdivision 1 of
 section 1285-u of the public authorities law, are relettered  paragraphs
 (d),  (e),  (f)  and  (g)  and  a  new paragraph (c) is added to read as
 follows:
   (C) "ENHANCED SEPTIC SYSTEM PROJECT"  MEANS  AN  ONSITE  DECENTRALIZED
 WASTEWATER  TREATMENT  SYSTEM(S)  THAT  (I) AT A MINIMUM, IS DESIGNED TO
 REDUCE TOTAL NITROGEN IN TREATED EFFLUENT TO 19  MG/L  OR  (II)  SIGNIF-
 ICANTLY  AND  QUANTIFIABLY  REDUCES  ENVIRONMENTAL  AND/OR PUBLIC HEALTH
 IMPACTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  PHOSPHOROUS  OR  PER-   AND   POLYFLUOROALKYL
 SUBSTANCES  AND  ASSOCIATED  COMPOUNDS  IN  EFFLUENT  FROM A CESSPOOL OR
 SEPTIC SYSTEM.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 1285-u  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  363 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) There is hereby created the state septic system replacement  fund,
 which  shall  be  administered  by the corporation to reimburse property
 owners or at the written request of a property owner, the septic  system
 installer  contracted by the property owner, for up to (I) fifty percent
 of the eligible costs incurred  for  eligible  septic  system  projects,
 provided  that no property owner shall be reimbursed more than ten thou-
 sand dollars and no septic system installer may be reimbursed more  than
 ten  thousand  dollars  per property FOR SUCH PROJECTS; OR (II) SEVENTY-
 FIVE PERCENT OF THE ELIGIBLE COSTS INCURRED FOR ENHANCED  SEPTIC  SYSTEM
 PROJECTS,  PROVIDED THAT NO PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE REIMBURSED MORE THAN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10327-05-5

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