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Senate Bill S8001

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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2025-S8001 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3722
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1283, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9853

2025-S8001 (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-S8001 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8001 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8001
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 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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