Provides that where a nitrogen-reducing sewage disposal system approved by the county department of health is designed by a land surveyor for an individual residential lot or is designed by a person who holds a valid license from the county to design sewage disposal systems for replacement or retrofit on an individual lot, such persons are exempt from the provisions of section 7208 of the education law; relates to qualifications for the design of a nitrogen-reducing sewage disposal system in a county of one million or more which draws its primary source of drinking water for a majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 8253 A. 10438
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
April 23, 2018
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT in relation to qualifications for the design of a nitrogen-reduc-
ing sewage disposal system in a county of one million or more which
draws its primary source of drinking water for a majority of county
residents from a designated sole source aquifer
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
2 provisions of this act shall apply to a county with a population of one
3 million or more which draws its primary source of drinking water for a
4 majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer.
5 § 2. Where a nitrogen-reducing sewage disposal system, approved by the
6 county department of health, is designed by a land surveyor for an indi-
7 vidual residential lot, said land surveyor shall constitute an exempt
8 person under section 7208 of the education law. This section shall apply
9 to sewage disposal systems where the design flow is less than one thou-
10 sand gallons per day.
11 § 3. Where a nitrogen-reducing sewage disposal system, approved by the
12 county department of health for replacement or retrofit on an individual
13 residential lot, is designed by a person who holds a valid license from
14 the county to design sewage disposal systems for replacement or retrofit
15 on an individual residential lot, said person shall constitute an exempt
16 person under section 7208 of the education law. This section shall apply
17 to sewage disposal systems where the design flow is less than one thou-
18 sand gallons per day.
19 § 4. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable and
20 if any portion thereof or the applicability thereof to any person or
21 circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of this act and the
22 application thereof shall not be affected thereby.
23 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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