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S06317 Summary:

BILL NOS06317
 
SAME ASSAME AS A07892
 
SPONSORHANNON
 
COSPNSRAVELLA, HELMING, HOYLMAN, LAVALLE, PHILLIPS
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §1285-u, Pub Auth L
 
Relates to the septic system replacement fund; authorizes septic system installers contracted by the property owner to receive reimbursement directly if the property owner makes such request in writing.
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S06317 Actions:

BILL NOS06317
 
05/11/2017REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
06/06/2017REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/20/2017ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2066
06/20/2017SUBSTITUTED BY A7892
 A07892 AMEND= Englebright
 05/18/2017referred to environmental conservation
 06/07/2017reported referred to rules
 06/13/2017reported
 06/13/2017rules report cal.251
 06/13/2017ordered to third reading rules cal.251
 06/14/2017passed assembly
 06/14/2017delivered to senate
 06/14/2017REFERRED TO RULES
 06/20/2017SUBSTITUTED FOR S6317
 06/20/20173RD READING CAL.2066
 06/20/2017PASSED SENATE
 06/20/2017RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
 10/11/2017delivered to governor
 10/23/2017signed chap.363
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S06317 Committee Votes:

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S06317 Floor Votes:

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S06317 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6317
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 11, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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 the septic
          system replacement fund
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 and subdivision 3 of section
     2  1285-u of the public authorities law, as added by section 9 of part T of
     3  chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  There is hereby created the state septic system replacement fund,
     5  which shall be administered by the  corporation  to  reimburse  property
     6  owners  or at the written request of a property owner, the septic system
     7  installer contracted by the property owner, for up to fifty  percent  of
     8  the  eligible  costs  incurred  for  eligible  septic  system  projects,
     9  provided that no property owner shall be reimbursed more than ten  thou-
    10  sand  dollars and no septic system installer may be reimbursed more than
    11  ten thousand dollars per property.
    12    3. (a) A participating county shall notify property owners who may  be
    13  eligible  to  participate  in the program. Determinations of eligibility
    14  will be made by the participating county based on the published  program
    15  criteria  and  consideration  of  a property's location in relation to a
    16  waterbody, impacts to groundwater used as drinking water, and the condi-
    17  tion of the property owner's current septic system as determined by:
    18    (i) the county health department official; or
    19    (ii) other  designated  authority  having  jurisdiction,  pursuant  to
    20  septic  inspections  required by a municipal separate storm sewer system
    21  permit; or
    22    (iii) a septic contractor pursuant to the applicable  county  sanitary
    23  code  provided,  however, in cases where a property owner has authorized
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11639-01-7

        S. 6317                             2
 
     1  in writing such contractor to receive reimbursement directly, additional
     2  verification shall be required.
     3    (b)  An  owner  of  property served by a septic system or cesspool may
     4  apply to a participating county on an application substantially  in  the
     5  form provided by the corporation.
     6    (c) Property owners in participating counties must have signed a prop-
     7  erty  owner  participation agreement with the county before the start of
     8  the design phase to be eligible for reimbursement  from  the  fund.  The
     9  agreement  must be substantially in the form provided by the corporation
    10  and include, without limitation, the program's goals, guidelines, eligi-
    11  bility requirements and reimbursement procedures.
    12    (d) A property owner may apply for reimbursement of eligible costs  by
    13  submitting  to  the  participating  county  a reimbursement application,
    14  which must include at least:
    15    (i) a signed property owner participation agreement;
    16    (ii) a completed reimbursement application form substantially  in  the
    17  form provided by the corporation;
    18    (iii) any applicable design approval for the septic system project;
    19    (iv) description of all work completed; [and]
    20    (v)  cost documentation and invoice or invoices for eligible costs[.];
    21  and
    22    (vi) any written  authorization  for  a  septic  system  installer  to
    23  receive reimbursement directly.
    24    (e)  Participating  counties  will  be responsible for reviewing their
    25  property owners' applications and approving, modifying  or  denying  the
    26  reimbursement requests as appropriate and issuing reimbursement payments
    27  to property owners from financial assistance payments made to the county
    28  from the fund.
    29    (f)  Participation  in  this program and the receipt of payments shall
    30  not prevent participating counties from providing additional  reimburse-
    31  ment to property owners.
    32    (g)  Subject  to the limitations of paragraph (d) of this subdivision,
    33  the county may set graduated incentive reimbursement  rates  for  septic
    34  system projects to maximize pollution reduction outcomes.
    35    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    36  manner as section 9 of part T of chapter 57 of the laws of  2017,  takes
    37  effect.
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