STATE OF NEW YORK
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5334--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 26, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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
AN ACT to direct certain state agencies to consider the right to potable
water when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations,
and grant criteria that are relevant to or affect that right
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. All relevant state agencies, including the department of
2 health, the department of environmental conservation and the department
3 of public service shall consider the right to safe, clean, affordable,
4 and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sani-
5 tary purposes when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regu-
6 lations, and grant criteria that are relevant to or affect that right.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05140-04-0
