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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8241--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 27, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- (at request of the Environmental Facili-
ties Corporation) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and
Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the septic
system replacement fund
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 1 of
section 1285-u of the public authorities law, are relettered paragraphs
(d), (e), (f) and (g) and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as
follows:
(C) "ENHANCED SEPTIC SYSTEM PROJECT" MEANS AN ONSITE DECENTRALIZED
WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM(S) THAT (I) AT A MINIMUM, IS DESIGNED TO
REDUCE TOTAL NITROGEN IN TREATED EFFLUENT TO 19 MG/L OR (II) SIGNIF-
ICANTLY AND QUANTIFIABLY REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL AND/OR PUBLIC HEALTH
IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH PHOSPHOROUS OR PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL
SUBSTANCES AND ASSOCIATED COMPOUNDS IN EFFLUENT FROM A CESSPOOL OR
SEPTIC SYSTEM.
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 1285-u of the public
authorities law, as amended by chapter 363 of the laws of 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) There is hereby created the state septic system replacement fund,
which shall be administered by the corporation to reimburse property
owners or at the written request of a property owner, the septic system
installer contracted by the property owner, for up to (I) fifty percent
of the eligible costs incurred for eligible septic system projects,
provided that no property owner shall be reimbursed more than ten thou-
sand dollars and no septic system installer may be reimbursed more than
ten thousand dollars per property FOR SUCH PROJECTS; OR (II) SEVENTY-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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FIVE PERCENT OF THE ELIGIBLE COSTS INCURRED FOR ENHANCED SEPTIC SYSTEM
PROJECTS, PROVIDED THAT NO PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE REIMBURSED MORE THAN
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO ENHANCED SEPTIC SYSTEM INSTALLER MAY
BE REIMBURSED MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER PROPERTY FOR
SUCH PROJECTS.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
enhanced septic system projects for which a property owner has signed a
participation agreement with a participating county on or after such
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