Rpld & add §1114, Pub Health L; add §98-e, St Fin L
Establishes the consolidated lead-contaminated water supply line replacement program to provide financial assistance and reimbursement to municipalities for the abatement, removal and replacement of lead contaminated water supply lines; establishes the consolidated lead contaminated water supply line replacement fund; makes an appropriation of $500,000,000 to reimburse municipalities for such remediation, removal and replacement of lead contaminated water supply lines; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10568
IN ASSEMBLY
March 13, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
consolidated lead-contaminated water supply line replacement program;
to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
consolidated lead-contaminated water supply line replacement fund; to
repeal certain provisions of the public health law relating thereto;
and making an appropriation therefor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1114 of the public health law is REPEALED and a new
2 section 1114 is added to read as follows:
3 § 1114. Consolidated lead-contaminated water supply line replacement
4 program. 1. A consolidated lead-contaminated water line replacement
5 program is hereby established for the purpose of providing financial
6 assistance to municipalities for the abatement, removal and replacement
7 of lead-contaminated water lines.
8 2. To receive financial assistance and reimbursement, a municipality
9 shall:
10 (a) Present proof of completing the abatement, removal and replacement
11 of lead-contaminated water supply lines. Such proof shall be in the form
12 of a sworn certification by a licensed engineer or a representative of
13 the county department of health or the department that such remediation
14 was completed.
15 (b) Present proof of the direct costs of the abatement, removal and
16 replacement of such lead-contaminated water supply lines. Such proof
17 shall be in the form of a sworn certification by the municipality's
18 comptroller, treasurer, or chief executive officer. Costs of the munici-
19 pal attorney, corporation counsel, municipal administrator or city
20 manager, village manager or municipal engineer shall not be eligible for
21 reimbursement. The maximum reimbursement shall be ten thousand dollars
22 per water supply line replaced plus interest on any loans taken out
23 specifically for the abatement, removal and replacement of the lead-con-
24 taminated water lines.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. Participation in this program shall not disqualify a municipality
2 from applying for and receiving additional money from other programs
3 related to the abatement, removal and replacement of lead-contaminated
4 water lines.
5 4. Any remaining funds in the possession of the municipality from
6 prior programs under former section eleven hundred fourteen of this
7 article shall be transferred to the reimbursement program established by
8 this section.
9 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 98-e to
10 read as follows:
11 § 98-e. Consolidated lead-contaminated water supply line fund. 1.
12 There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comp-
13 troller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known
14 as the "consolidated lead-contaminated water supply line fund".
15 2. The consolidated lead-contaminated water supply line fund may
16 consist of all monies transferred to the state and made available to the
17 department of health for purposes of remediation by municipalities of
18 the abatement, removal and replacement of lead-contaminated water supply
19 lines. Costs of the municipal attorney, corporation counsel, municipal
20 administrator or city manager, village manager or municipal engineer
21 shall not be eligible for reimbursement. The maximum reimbursement
22 shall be ten thousand dollars per water supply line replaced plus inter-
23 est on any loans taken out specifically for the abatement, removal and
24 replacement of the lead-contaminated water lines.
25 3. Monies in the consolidated lead-contaminated water supply line fund
26 shall be kept separately from and shall not be commingled with any other
27 monies in the custody of the state comptroller.
28 § 3. The sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), or so
29 much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the depart-
30 ment of health out of any monies in the state treasury in the general
31 fund, not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available, for
32 the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Such monies
33 shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers
34 certified or approved by the commissioner of health in the manner
35 prescribed by law.
36 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
37 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
38 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
39 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
40 completed on or before such effective date.
