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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 7853--A                                            A. 9979--A
            Cal. No. 945
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 5, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
          ment  --  reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
          second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv-
          ered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored  to  third
          reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
          order of third reading
 
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
          to  the  Committee  on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the town law, in relation to the definition of a water
          quality improvement project
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 64-e of the town
     2  law, as added by chapter 551 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (e)  "Water  quality improvement project" means: (1) wastewater treat-
     5  ment improvement projects; (2) non-point source  abatement  and  control
     6  program  projects developed pursuant to section eleven-b of the soil and
     7  water conservation districts law, title 14 of article 17 of the environ-
     8  mental conservation law, section  1455b  of  the  federal  coastal  zone
     9  management  act,  or article forty-two of the executive law; (3) aquatic
    10  habitat restoration projects; (4) pollution prevention projects[,  and];
    11  (5)  the  construction  of public water mains and connections to provide
    12  drinking water to inhabitants  whose  drinking  water  supply  has  been
    13  contaminated  by  toxic  chemicals  as defined in section 37-0301 of the
    14  environmental conservation  law,  hazardous  substances  as  defined  in
    15  section  40-0105  of  the  environmental  conservation  law  or emerging
    16  contaminants as defined in section eleven hundred twelve of  the  public
    17  health  law;  and  (6) the operation of the Peconic Bay National Estuary
    18  Program, as designated by the  United  States  Environmental  Protection
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14806-03-8
        S. 7853--A                          2                         A. 9979--A
 
     1  Agency.  Such  projects  shall  have as their purpose the improvement of
     2  existing water quality to meet existing specific  water  quality  stand-
     3  ards.  Projects  which  have  as  a purpose to permit or accommodate new
     4  growth shall not be included within this definition.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.