Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8255
Timestamp: 2019-09-20 14:33:43
Document Index: 572832144

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art 5', '§119', '§ 119', '§  119', '§  119', '§  2']

NY State Senate Bill S8255
senate Bill S8255
Establishes septic system replacement loan programs
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S8255 (ACTIVE) - Details
Add Art 5-M §§119-hh - 119-jj, Gen Muni L
S8255 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes septic system replacement loan programs; defines terms; authorizes the legislative body of any municipal corporation to establish a septic system replacement loan program to make loans to the owners of real property located within the municipal corporation to finance the installation of septic system projects.
S8255 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8255
An act to amend the general municipal law in relation to authorizing
municipal corporations to establish septic system replacement loan
Allows for the establishment of municipal septic systems replacement
Amends the General Municipal Law by adding a new article 5-M establish-
ing a Municipal Septic System Replacement Loan Program.
In making every effort to build upon improved water quality across the
State, promoting the installation of enhanced treatment technologies,
including advanced nitrogen-removal systems, is necessary to signif-
icantly and quantifiably help protect residents and the environment by
keeping drinking water and waterbodies safe.  This legislation would
fulfill an important public purpose by allowing municipalities through-
out the State to adopt a local law to establish a septic system replace-
ment loan program.
Under this program, property owners could borrow monies from their
municipal corporation to help pay for costs associated with installation
of an approved nitrogen-removal septic system then pay it back through a
charge on their real property tax bill. The charge would be levied and
collected at the same time and in the same manner as town taxes.
This program could also work in conjunction with local septic system
replacement incentives by providing an alternative method for financing
the difference between the local septic program incentive and the
contract amount needed to install the replacement septic system.
S8255 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S. 8255                                                 A. 10444
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law  in  relation  to  authorizing
municipal  corporations  to  establish  septic system replacement loan
cle 5-M to read as follows:
MUNICIPAL SEPTIC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT LOAN PROGRAM
SECTION 119-HH. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION.
119-II. DEFINITIONS.
119-JJ. MUNICIPAL SEPTIC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT LOAN PROGRAM.
§ 119-HH. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION.  THE LEGISLATURE FINDS
AND DECLARES THAT IT IS THE POLICY OF  THE  STATE  TO  PROMOTE  IMPROVED
WATER  QUALITY  ACROSS  THE  STATE;  AND THAT TO ACHIEVE SUCH POLICY AND
GOALS THE STATE MUST PROMOTE THE DEPLOYMENT OF ENHANCED TREATMENT  TECH-
NOLOGIES,  INCLUDING ADVANCED NITROGEN REMOVAL SYSTEMS, TO SIGNIFICANTLY
AND QUANTIFIABLY REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL AND/OR PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS ASSO-
CIATED WITH EFFLUENT FROM A CESSPOOL OR  SEPTIC  SYSTEM  TO  GROUNDWATER
USED  FOR  DRINKING  WATER,  OR  A  THREATENED  OR AN IMPAIRED WATERBODY
THROUGHOUT THE STATE; AND THAT MUNICIPALITIES WOULD FULFILL AN IMPORTANT
PUBLIC PURPOSE BY PROVIDING LOANS TO PROPERTY OWNERS FOR  THE  INSTALLA-
TION OF SUCH ENHANCED TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES.
§  119-II.  DEFINITIONS.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS
1. "CESSPOOL" MEANS A DRYWELL THAT RECEIVES UNTREATED  SANITARY  WASTE
CONTAINING  HUMAN  EXCRETA,  WHICH  SOMETIMES  HAS AN OPEN BOTTOM AND/OR
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S. 8255                             2                           A. 10444
2. "SEPTIC SYSTEM" MEANS A SYSTEM  THAT  PROVIDES  FOR  THE  TREATMENT
AND/OR  DISPOSITION  OF THE COMBINATION OF HUMAN AND SANITARY WASTE WITH
WATER NOT EXCEEDING ONE THOUSAND  GALLONS  PER  DAY,  SERVING  A  SINGLE
3.  "SEPTIC SYSTEM PROJECT" MEANS THE REPLACEMENT OF A CESSPOOL WITH A
SEPTIC SYSTEM, THE INSTALLATION, REPLACEMENT  OR  UPGRADE  OF  A  SEPTIC
SYSTEM  OR  SEPTIC SYSTEM COMPONENTS, OR INSTALLATION OF ENHANCED TREAT-
MENT TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING AN ADVANCED  NITROGEN  REMOVAL  SYSTEM,  TO
SIGNIFICANTLY AND QUANTIFIABLY REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL AND/OR PUBLIC HEALTH
IMPACTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  EFFLUENT  FROM A CESSPOOL OR SEPTIC SYSTEM TO
GROUNDWATER USED AS DRINKING WATER,  OR  A  THREATENED  OR  AN  IMPAIRED
§  119-JJ.  MUNICIPAL  SEPTIC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT LOAN PROGRAM.  1. THE
LEGISLATIVE BODY OF ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY, BY LOCAL LAW,  ESTAB-
LISH A SEPTIC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT LOAN PROGRAM.
2.  SUCH PROGRAM MAY MAKE LOANS TO THE OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED
WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION TO FINANCE THE INSTALLATION  OF  SEPTIC
SYSTEM  PROJECTS. THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY ESTABLISH PRIORITY AREAS
FOR SUCH LOANS IN ORDER TO  MAXIMIZE  ENVIRONMENTAL  AND  PUBLIC  HEALTH
3. EACH SUCH LOCAL LAW ESTABLISHING THE SEPTIC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT LOAN
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR REPAYMENT OF SUCH LOANS.
4. EVERY LOAN MADE UNDER THE SEPTIC SYSTEM  REPLACEMENT  LOAN  PROGRAM
SHALL  BE  REPAID  OVER  A  TERM  NOT TO EXCEED TEN YEARS. THE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION SHALL SET A FIXED RATE OF INTEREST FOR THE REPAYMENT OF  THE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF EACH LOAN AT THE TIME THE LOAN IS MADE.
5.  THE  PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF EACH SUCH LOAN, EXCLUDING INTEREST, SHALL
NOT EXCEED THE ACTUAL COST OF  INSTALLING  THE  SEPTIC  SYSTEM  PROJECT,
INCLUDING THE COSTS OF NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND LABOR.
6.  NO SUCH LOAN SHALL BE MADE FOR A SEPTIC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECT
UNLESS SUCH SYSTEM IS APPROVED BY THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
7. THE LOAN MADE UNDER THE  SEPTIC  SYSTEM  REPLACEMENT  LOAN  PROGRAM
SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY BENEFITTED BY SUCH LOAN.
8.  THE  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  MAY  REQUIRE  THE LOAN MADE UNDER THE
SEPTIC SYSTEM LOAN PROGRAM TO BE REPAID BY THE PROPERTY OWNER THROUGH  A
CHARGE  ON  THE REAL PROPERTY BENEFITTED BY SUCH LOAN. SUCH CHARGE SHALL
BE ON THE REAL PROPERTY AND SHALL BE LEVIED AND COLLECTED  AT  THE  SAME
TIME  AND  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER  AS MUNICIPAL TAXES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
CHARGE SHALL BE SEPARATELY LISTED ON THE TAX BILL, AND PROVIDED  FURTHER
THAT  IN THE EVENT SUCH CHARGE SHOULD NOT BE PAID IN A TIMELY MANNER, NO
OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO  CREDIT  OR  OTHERWISE
GUARANTEE  THE AMOUNT OF SUCH UNPAID CHARGE TO THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
WHICH AUTHORIZED THE LOAN, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE
§  2.  Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable and
circumstances  shall  be held invalid, the remainder of this act and the