§ 1285-S — New York state intermunicipal water infrastructure grants program

§ 1285-s. New York state intermunicipal water infrastructure grants\nprogram. 1. For purposes of this section:\n (a) "water quality infrastructure project" shall mean "sewage\ntreatment works" as defined in section 17-1903 of the environmental\nconservation law or "eligible project" as defined in paragraphs (a),\n(b), (c) and (e) of subdivision four of section eleven hundred sixty of\nthe public health law.\n (b) "construction" shall mean:\n (i) for sewage treatment works, the same meaning as defined in section\n17-1903 of the environmental conservation law; and\n (ii) for eligible projects, the same meaning as defined in section one\nthousand one hundred sixty of the public health law.\n (c) "municipality" shall mean any county, city, town, village,\ndistrict corporation, county or town improvement district, school\ndistrict, Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or the United\nStates with a reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New\nYork state, any public benefit corporation or public authority\nestablished pursuant to the laws of New York or any agency of New York\nstate which is empowered to construct and operate an intermunicipal\nwater quality infrastructure project, or any two or more of the\nforegoing which are acting jointly in connection with an intermunicipal\nwater quality infrastructure project.\n 2. (a) The environmental facilities corporation shall undertake and\nprovide state financial assistance payments, from funds appropriated for\nsuch purpose, to municipalities in support of intermunicipal water\nquality infrastructure projects provided, however, in any such year that\nfunds are appropriated for such purpose, each project shall receive an\naward of up to ten million dollars of appropriated funds; provided that\nsuch monies shall not exceed sixty percent of the total project cost;\nand provided further that the total state financial assistance payment\nfor the project does not represent a disproportionate share of the total\namount of available funding in any given year.\n (b) Intermunicipal water quality infrastructure projects shall serve\nmultiple municipalities and may include a shared water quality\ninfrastructure project or interconnection of multiple municipal water\nquality infrastructure projects and shall be awarded only to water\nquality infrastructure projects for:\n (i) construction, replacement or repair of infrastructure provided,\nhowever, that such assistance shall not be awarded for construction to\nexclusively support residential or commercial development; or\n (ii) compliance with environmental and public health laws and\nregulations related to water quality.\n (c) Cooperating municipalities may make an application for an\nintermunicipal water infrastructure grant, in a manner, form and\ntimeframe and containing such information as the environmental\nfacilities corporation may require provided however, such requirements\nshall not include a requirement for prior listing on the intended use\nplan.\n (d) Cooperating municipalities shall not be required to accept\nenvironmental facilities corporation loan financing in order to obtain a\nstate financial assistance payment pursuant to this section if it can\nprovide proof of having obtained similarly low cost financing or other\nfunding from another source.\n (e) In awarding financial assistance payments, the corporation shall\nbe prohibited from requiring as a condition of receipt, or otherwise\ngiving preference to, applicants who agree to participate in the design,\ncreation, or implementation of a municipal consolidation plan.\n 3. Intermunicipal water quality infrastructure projects financed with\nstate financial assistance made available pursuant to this section shall\nbe subject to the requirements of article eight of the labor law, the\nrequirements of article seventeen-B of the executive law and the\nrequirements and provisions of all applicable minority- and women-owned\nbusiness mandates including, but not limited to article fifteen-A of the\nexecutive law.\n