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Senate Bill S7490

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to county-wide shared services panels

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2025-S7490 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §239-bb, Gen Muni L; ren Art 5 Title 5-A §§1114-a - 1114-s to be Title 5-B §§1114-aa - 1114-ss, amd §§1114-bb & 1114-gg, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S7864
2023-2024: S5173

2025-S7490 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the South Nassau Water Authority and the North Shore Water Authority to remain eligible for funding in state fiscal year two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven.

2025-S7490 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7490
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law  and  the  public  authorities
   law, in relation to county-wide shared services panels
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 239-bb of the general municipal law is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 SOUTH NASSAU WATER AUTHORITY CREATED PURSUANT TO TITLE  FIVE-B  AND  THE
 NORTH  SHORE WATER AUTHORITY CREATED PURSUANT TO TITLE FIVE-A OF ARTICLE
 FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW SHALL  REMAIN  ELIGIBLE  FOR  FUNDING
 FROM  THE  CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, AND GREEN JOBS ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT
 FUND PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-TTTT OF THE STATE FINANCE  LAW  IN
 STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN.
   § 2. Title 5-A of article 5 of the public authorities law, as added by
 chapter  575  of  the laws of 2021, is renumbered title 5-B and sections
 1114-a through 1114-s, as added by chapter 575 of the laws of 2021,  are
 renumbered sections 1114-aa through 1114-ss.
   §  3.  Subdivisions 1 and 12 of section 1114-bb of the public authori-
 ties law, as added by chapter 575 of the laws of 2021 and  such  section
 as  renumbered  by  section  two  of  this  act,  are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. "Authority" shall mean the corporation created  by  section  eleven
 hundred [fourteen-d] FOURTEEN-DD of this title.
   12.  "District"  shall  mean the water authority of South Nassau water
 district created by section eleven hundred [fourteen-c]  FOURTEEN-CC  of
 this title.
   §  4.  Paragraph (j) of subdivision 4 of section 1114-gg of the public
 authorities law, as added by chapter 575 of the laws of  2021  and  such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00460-01-5
 S. 7490                             2

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