A08680 Summary:
| BILL NO | A08680 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S08283 |
| SPONSOR | Burke |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §18-e, Gen City L | |
| Requires cities that fluoridate public water supplies to issue a determination to discontinue fluoridation, including justification for the discontinuance, and to publish a notice in local newspapers and on the city's website at least ninety days prior to discontinuing such fluoridation. | |
A08680 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8680 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to requiring addi- tional notice prior to the discontinuance of drinking water fluorida- tion The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general city law is amended by adding a new section 2 18-e to read as follows: 3 § 18-e. Additional notification requirements for cities seeking to 4 cease fluoridation. No city that fluoridates a public water supply or 5 causes a public water supply to become fluoridated shall discontinue the 6 addition of a fluoride compound to such public water supply unless such 7 city has first issued a determination to discontinue fluoridation, which 8 shall include the justification for such discontinuance. Such city shall 9 publish a notice including the date of such discontinuance in local 10 newspapers and on the city's website at least ninety days before the 11 date of such discontinuance. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13230-01-5