NY Pub Auth L § 1285-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 12 - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation 1285-S - New York State Intermunicipal Water Infrastructure Grants Program.

§  1285-s.  New  York state intermunicipal water infrastructure grants program. 1. For purposes of this section:  (a)  "water  quality  infrastructure  project"  shall   mean   "sewage treatment  works"  as  defined  in  section 17-1903 of the environmental conservation law or "eligible project" as  defined  in  paragraphs  (a), (b),  (c) and (e) of subdivision four of section eleven hundred sixty of the public health law.  (b) "construction" shall mean:  (i) for sewage treatment works, the same meaning as defined in section 17-1903 of the environmental conservation law; and  (ii) for eligible projects, the same meaning as defined in section one thousand one hundred sixty of the public health law.  (c)  "municipality"  shall  mean  any  county,  city,  town,  village, district  corporation,  county  or  town  improvement  district,  school district, Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or  the  United States  with a reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New York  state,  any  public  benefit  corporation  or   public   authority established  pursuant  to the laws of New York or any agency of New York state which is empowered to  construct  and  operate  an  intermunicipal water  quality  infrastructure  project,  or  any  two  or  more  of the foregoing which are acting jointly in connection with an  intermunicipal water quality infrastructure project.   2.  (a)  The  environmental facilities corporation shall undertake and provide state financial assistance payments, from funds appropriated for such purpose, to  municipalities  in  support  of  intermunicipal  water quality infrastructure projects provided, however, in any such year that funds  are  appropriated for such purpose, each project shall receive an award of up to ten million dollars of appropriated funds; provided  that such  monies  shall  not exceed sixty percent of the total project cost; and provided further that the total state financial  assistance  payment for the project does not represent a disproportionate share of the total amount of available funding in any given year.  (b)  Intermunicipal  water quality infrastructure projects shall serve multiple  municipalities  and  may  include  a  shared   water   quality infrastructure  project  or  interconnection of multiple municipal water quality infrastructure projects and  shall  be  awarded  only  to  water quality infrastructure projects for:  (i)  construction,  replacement  or repair of infrastructure provided, however, that such assistance shall not be awarded for  construction  to exclusively support residential or commercial development; or  (ii)   compliance  with  environmental  and  public  health  laws  and regulations related to water quality.  (c)  Cooperating  municipalities  may  make  an  application  for   an intermunicipal  water  infrastructure  grant,  in  a  manner,  form  and timeframe  and  containing  such  information   as   the   environmental facilities  corporation  may require provided however, such requirements shall not include a requirement for prior listing on  the  intended  use plan.  (d)  Cooperating  municipalities  shall  not  be  required  to  accept environmental facilities corporation loan financing in order to obtain a state financial assistance payment pursuant to this section  if  it  can provide  proof  of having obtained similarly low cost financing or other funding from another source.  (e) In awarding financial assistance payments, the  corporation  shall be  prohibited  from  requiring  as a condition of receipt, or otherwise giving preference to, applicants who agree to participate in the design, creation, or implementation of a municipal consolidation plan.    3. Intermunicipal water quality infrastructure projects financed  with state financial assistance made available pursuant to this section shall be  subject  to  the requirements of article eight of the labor law, the requirements of  article  seventeen-B  of  the  executive  law  and  the requirements  and provisions of all applicable minority- and women-owned business mandates including, but not limited to article fifteen-A of the executive law.