STATE OF NEW YORK
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6723
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 14, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the promulgation
of regulations for tests for water contaminants by small public water
suppliers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 1112 of the public health law, as
2 added by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 11. The commissioner [may] shall promulgate regulations pursuant to
5 which the department may provide financial assistance for compliance
6 with the testing requirements of this section, to any covered public
7 water system upon a showing that the costs associated with testing
8 drinking water in compliance with this section would impose a financial
9 hardship. Such regulations shall, when prioritizing public water systems
10 for eligibility for financial assistance, incorporate provisions that
11 give preference to public water systems serving less than ten thousand
12 individuals.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09361-03-7
