NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8001

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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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 29, 2025	advanced to third reading
May 28, 2025	2nd report cal.
May 27, 2025	1st report cal.1286
May 15, 2025	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Votes

- May 27, 2025 - Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee Vote
  S8001
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee Vote: May 27, 2025
      
      aye (6)
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Mattera
      
      Ramos
      
      Skoufis
      
      excused (1)
      
      Martins

2025-S8001 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3722
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

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8001

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends subdivision 2 of section 1283 of the
public authorities law, as amended by chapter 744 of the laws of 1970
Subdivision 2 ensures that for the purposes of this bill, the definition
of "PFAS" will be consistent with the definition found in the environ-
mental conservation law.

Section 1 of this bill also adds a subdivision 3 which allows the envi-
ronmental facilities corporation to award grants and loans to non-public
entities for water quality projects related to the removal of PFAS for
public water systems. This subdivision ensures that for the purposes of
this bill, the definition used for "public water systems" is consistent
with the relevant Department of Health regulations.

Section 2 of this bill establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation is to provide authority which the Environmental Facili-
ties Corporation presently does not possess to provide, at its
discretion, grants and loans to non-public entities with public water
supplies for projects to remove harmful PFAS from their drinking water.
Given the recently reduced allowable thresholds for PFAS, non-public
entities are under enormous financial stress to comply with the more
stringent standards.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-2024: A09853 (BURDICK)

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

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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