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S 7325: Requires no less than two percent of all state competitive grants for water quality infrastructure projects to be awarded to municipalities located in the Adirondack park and Catskill park.
What S 7325 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to allocate at least two percent of competitive grants for water quality infrastructure projects to municipalities located in the Adirondack Park and Catskill Park. These municipalities will include grants awarded under various state and federal laws, such as the Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017. The term "water quality infrastructure project" is defined to include sewage treatment works, eligible projects, stormwater collecting systems, and septic systems. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO FINANCE (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7325
- What is the current status of S 7325?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 7325 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO FINANCE".
- Did S 7325 pass?
- Not yet. S 7325 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7325, and where is it now?
- S 7325 was authored by Sen. Mark Walczyk. Its committee of record is Senate Finance.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
| Apr. 10, 2025 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 10, 2025 · 316 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7325 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to competitive grants for water quality infrastructure projects The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 54-n to read as follows: 3 § 54-n. Competitive grants for water quality infrastructure projects. 4 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, 5 no less than two percent of all state competitive grants for water qual- 6 ity infrastructure projects awarded after the effective date of this 7 section shall be awarded to municipalities located in the Adirondack 8 park and Catskill park, as defined by section 9-0101 of the environ- 9 mental conservation law, including but not limited to, all grants 10 awarded under title nine of article fifty-eight of the environmental 11 conservation law and under the clean water infrastructure act of two 12 thousand seventeen, as amended. 13 2. For the purposes of this section, the term "water quality infras- 14 tructure project" shall mean "sewage treatment works", as defined by 15 section 17-1903 of the environmental conservation law; "eligible 16 project", as defined by paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of subdivision 17 four of section eleven hundred sixty of the public health law; "stormwa- 18 ter collecting system", as defined by subdivision twenty-seven of 19 section 56-0101 of the environmental conservation law; or septic system. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06446-01-5
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