Bill Text: NY S00239 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Enacts the "New York open water data act"; directs certain agencies, under the leadership of conveners, to identify and integrate key water data sets; provides duties and an annual plan for data to be researched and reported.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-03 - ordered to third reading rules cal.306 [S00239 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S00239-Amended.html
Bill Title: Enacts the "New York open water data act"; directs certain agencies, under the leadership of conveners, to identify and integrate key water data sets; provides duties and an annual plan for data to be researched and reported.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-03 - ordered to third reading rules cal.306 [S00239 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S00239-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 239--D 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser- vation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conserva- tion in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to enacting the "New York open water data act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "New York open water data act". 3 § 2. Definitions. For purposes of this act, the following terms shall 4 have the following meanings: 5 1. "Conveners" means the: 6 (a) New York water resources institute at Cornell University; and 7 (b) New York sea grant at Stony Brook University. 8 2. "Agencies" means the: 9 (a) New York state department of environmental conservation; 10 (b) New York state department of health's bureau of water supply 11 protection; 12 (c) New York state department of agriculture and markets; 13 (d) New York state canal corporation; 14 (e) New York city department of environmental protection; and 15 (f) public service commission. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00615-18-4S. 239--D 2 1 3. "Water data" means measurements of basic properties relating to the 2 planning and management of water resources, including streamflow, 3 precipitation, ground water, water quality and water use in agriculture, 4 industry and municipal uses and natural systems. 5 § 3. Water data conveners and agencies; duties; standards and best 6 practices; annual plan. 1. By January 1 in the year after this act shall 7 have become a law, and at least quarterly thereafter, the conveners 8 shall organize and hold a meeting with the agencies to plan and deter- 9 mine a framework to meet the requirements set forth in this section. The 10 conveners shall provide any expertise and support necessary to assist 11 the agencies in meeting the requirements of this section and the frame- 12 work established by the agencies. 13 2. By January 1 two years after this act shall have become a law, the 14 agencies and the conveners shall: 15 (a) identify key water data, information and tools needed to support 16 water management and planning, including but not limited to; 17 (i) state and local government data on streamflow, precipitation, 18 reservoir and irrigation system operations, ground water use and levels, 19 municipal and industrial water use and land uses, but not including data 20 from residential wells; 21 (ii) data on water rights, water diversions and water quality; 22 (iii) data on fish, aquatic and riparian systems and ecological data; 23 (iv) water quality data, including sampling results generated by 24 public water supplies in accordance with title 1 of article 11 of the 25 public health law; 26 (v) data from private wells collected by local or state agencies; 27 (vi) commercial uses of water licensed by state agencies; 28 (vii) water affordability data, including but not limited to water 29 rates, shut-offs conducted, and aggregate data on arrears; and 30 (viii) water infrastructure data. 31 (b) develop common water data standards for data collection and 32 dissemination, including practices to standardize and clean up data and 33 make it available to the public in commonly used data formats, which 34 shall, where appropriate, be arranged or identified by county and muni- 35 cipality or other appropriate geographic area, and that shall exclude 36 specific addresses, locations, and other personal information; 37 (c) make such data available to the public through the state's open 38 data program OpenNY, including working to identify and develop any crit- 39 ical data that can be made accessible via geographic information systems 40 (GIS) mapping and ensuring that all datasets have an application 41 programming interface (API) endpoint to allow researchers and developers 42 to access and deploy such data in ways that further public use of such 43 data; 44 (d) identify available and unavailable water data; and 45 (e) develop pathways to include data derived from citizen science 46 efforts. 47 3. Water research undertaken with state funding shall comply with the 48 common water data standards and best practices developed by the agen- 49 cies. 50 4. The agencies and the conveners shall update all data collected 51 pursuant to this act at least annually. 52 5. The agencies shall collaborate with other regional, national and 53 international efforts, including but not limited to the great lakes 54 commission and the international joint commission, to share, integrate 55 and manage water data.S. 239--D 3 1 6. By September 1 two years after this act shall have become a law, 2 and thereafter annually by September 1 of each year, the agencies shall 3 develop and submit a plan to the governor and the legislature that 4 details: 5 (a) an assessment of water data and information needs to support water 6 management and planning; 7 (b) goals, targets and actions to carry out the purposes of this act 8 in the upcoming fiscal year; 9 (c) budgetary resources to carry out the purposes of this act; and 10 (d) metrics for achieving the purposes of this act. 11 § 4. Funding. Funding for such act shall consist of all revenue 12 received pursuant to an appropriation thereto, and all other monies 13 appropriated, credited or transferred from any other source pursuant to 14 law. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the state from 15 receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purpose of such act. Grants 16 shall only be awarded based upon the availability of funds. 17 § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 18 it shall have become a law.
