A07083 Summary:
BILL NO | A07083A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS UNI. S03506-A |
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SPONSOR | Jaffee (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Sweeney, Brodsky, Englebright, Lancman, Zebrowski, Lupardo, Kavanagh, Koon, Calhoun, McDonough, Castro, Schimel, Lifton, Weisenberg, Skartados, Espaillat, Powell |
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MLTSPNSR | Barron, Boyland, Crespo, Finch, Galef, John, Magee, Markey, Mayersohn, Millman, Molinaro, Nolan, Ramos, Russell, Thiele |
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Amd S206, Pub Health L; amd SS444-g & 466, RP L | |
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Creates the well water education act; requires the department of health to establish and maintain a public education program on the potential hazards of well water; requires home inspectors, licensed real estate agents and brokers to provide well water education materials to prospective buyers of property where such property is serviced by a private well. |
A07083 Actions:
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03/20/2009 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2009 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2009 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/22/2009 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/22/2009 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/22/2009 | rules report cal.539 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/22/2009 | ordered to third reading rules cal.539 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/22/2009 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/22/2009 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/22/2009 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2010 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2010 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2010 | ordered to third reading cal.470 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/12/2010 | amended on third reading 7083a |
A07083 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Canestrari
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kellner
No
Oaks
No
Sayward
Yes
Alessi
Yes
Carrozza
Yes
Gabryszak
No
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Alfano
Yes
Castro
Yes
Galef
Yes
Koon
No
O'Mara
Yes
Schimel
No
Amedore
Yes
Christensen
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lancman
Yes
Ortiz
No
Schimminger
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gianaris
Yes
Latimer
Yes
Parment
Yes
Schroeder
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gibson
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
No
Scozzafava
No
Bacalles
Yes
Conte
No
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
ER
Peoples
ER
Seminerio
Yes
Ball
Yes
Cook
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peralta
Yes
Skartados
No
Barclay
No
Corwin
Yes
Gordon
No
Lopez PD
ER
Perry
Yes
Spano
Yes
Barra
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez VJ
Yes
Pheffer
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
No
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Powell
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Cusick
No
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Benjamin
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Hayes
Yes
Magnarelli
No
Quinn
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bing
Yes
DelMonte
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Maisel
No
Rabbitt
Yes
Titone
Yes
Boyland
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hevesi
ER
Markey
No
Raia
Yes
Titus
No
Boyle
Yes
Destito
ER
Hikind
Yes
Mayersohn
Yes
Ramos
No
Tobacco
Yes
Bradley
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonough
No
Reilich
Yes
Towns
Yes
Brennan
No
Duprey
Yes
Hoyt
Yes
McEneny
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Townsend
Yes
Brodsky
Yes
Eddington
Yes
Hyer Spencer
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brook Krasny
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Meng
ER
Rivera N
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burling
No
Errigo
Yes
Jaffee
No
Miller
Yes
Rivera PM
Yes
Weisenberg
No
Butler
Yes
Espaillat
Yes
Jeffries
Yes
Millman
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Farrell
Yes
John
Yes
Molinaro
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Wright
Yes
Calhoun
Yes
Fields
No
Jordan
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Russell
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Camara
No
Finch
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A07083 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 3506--A A. 7083--A Cal. No. 470 2009-2010 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY March 20, 2009 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE, SWEENEY, BRODSKY, ENGLE- BRIGHT, LANCMAN, ZEBROWSKI, LUPARDO, KAVANAGH, KOON, CALHOUN, McDO- NOUGH, CASTRO, SCHIMEL, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, GALEF, JOHN, MAGEE, MOLINARO, RAMOS, RUSSELL, SKARTADOS, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public health law and the real property law, in relation to enacting the "well water education act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "well water education act". 3 § 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 4 subdivision 27 to read as follows: 5 27. The commissioner is authorized and directed to establish and main- 6 tain a public education program to inform the public and appropriate 7 professional disciplines of the potential health effects of consuming 8 water that does not meet state drinking water standards. As part of this 9 education program, the department shall prepare materials to educate 10 consumers who obtain drinking water from private wells on the importance 11 of regularly testing for contamination. 12 (a) Such educational materials shall include, but not be limited to: 13 (i) information on potential contaminants including: coliform bacte- 14 ria, chlorides, sodium, arsenic, nitrates, iron, manganese, lead, pH, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03648-04-0S. 3506--A 2 A. 7083--A 1 volatile organic compounds for which maximum contaminant levels have 2 been established pursuant to public health regulations, vinyl chloride, 3 MtBE, and radon; 4 (ii) an explanation that contamination of groundwater can occur from 5 migration of contaminants that may not yet have been identified. 6 Further, it should be emphasized that contaminated water does not neces- 7 sarily result in obvious odors or color changes in drinking water and 8 that the only way to ensure that water meets state drinking water stand- 9 ards is to have it tested by a state certified laboratory; 10 (iii) information on the maximum contaminant levels, or public health 11 standards, for those contaminants identified in subparagraph (i) of this 12 paragraph and the potential health impacts of exposure to such contam- 13 inants above such levels; 14 (iv) a recommendation that any water test conducted should be 15 conducted by a laboratory certified by the department to test for drink- 16 ing water contaminants; 17 (v) information on the importance of testing private wells regularly 18 for contaminants that exceed state standards; 19 (vi) encouraging residents to provide their local and state health 20 department with any results of tests that exceed state standards; and 21 (vii) information on water treatment techniques and equipment. 22 (b) (i) The department shall make such educational materials available 23 to the public on their website and upon request to the general public. 24 (ii) The department, in consultation with the department of state, 25 shall require that: 26 (A) licensed home inspectors, as defined in section four hundred 27 forty-four-b of the real property law, are provided with such materials, 28 which shall be provided by the licensed home inspector to each client 29 whose property or potential property is served by a private well that is 30 the potable water supply for such property; and 31 (B) licensed real estate salesman, real estate brokers or associate 32 real estate brokers, as defined in section four hundred forty of the 33 real property law, provide such information to their clients whose prop- 34 erty or potential property is served by a private well that is the pota- 35 ble water supply for such property, at the time such clients enter into 36 a contract for the sale of such property. 37 § 3. Section 444-g of the real property law is amended by adding a new 38 subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 39 3-a. Every home inspector shall provide to each client, who may be an 40 owner, prospective buyer or other interested individual, whose residence 41 or potential residence is served by a private well that is the potable 42 water supply for such property, educational materials prepared by the 43 department of health pursuant to subdivision twenty-seven of section two 44 hundred six of the public health law relating to the regular testing of 45 the quality of drinking water from wells. 46 § 4. Section 466 of the real property law, as added by chapter 456 of 47 the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: 48 § 466. Duty of an agent. 1. An agent representing a seller of residen- 49 tial real property as a listing broker shall have the duty to timely 50 inform each seller represented by that agent of the seller's obligations 51 under this article. An agent representing a buyer of residential real 52 property, or, if the buyer is not represented by an agent, the agent 53 representing a seller of residential real property and dealing with a 54 prospective buyer, shall have the duty to timely (in any event, before 55 the buyer signs a binding contract of sale) inform such buyer of the 56 buyer's rights and obligations under this article[. If an agent performsS. 3506--A 3 A. 7083--A 1the duties and obligations imposed upon him or her pursuant to this2section, the agent shall have no further duties under this article and3shall not be liable to any party for a violation of this article.]; and 4 2. An agent representing a buyer or seller of residential real proper- 5 ty as a listing broker shall have the duty to provide a purchaser of 6 real property that is served by a private well which is the potable 7 water supply for such property with public education information created 8 by the department of health under subdivision twenty-seven of section 9 two hundred six of the public health law related to regular testing of 10 the quality of drinking water from such wells, at the time such purchas- 11 er enters into a contract for the sale of such property. 12 3. If an agent performs the duties and obligations imposed upon him or 13 her by subdivisions one and two of this section, the agent shall have no 14 further duties under this article and shall not be liable to any party 15 for a violation of this article. 16 § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 17 it shall have become a law.