Requires cities that fluoridate public water supplies to comply with certain provisions of law and publish a notice prior to discontinuing such fluoridation

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires cities that fluoridate public water supplies to comply with certain provisions of law and publish a notice prior to discontinuing such fluoridation

Requires cities that fluoridate public water supplies to comply with certain provisions of law and publish a notice prior to discontinuing such fluoridation Requires cities that fluoridate public water supplies to comply with certain provisions of law relating to fluoridation, and to publish a notice in local newspapers and on the city's website and social media pages at least ninety days prior to discontinuing such fluoridation.

What This Bill Does

• Requires cities that fluoridate public water supplies to comply with certain provisions of law and publish a notice prior to discontinuing such fluoridation Requires cities that fluoridate public water supplies to comply with certain provisions of law relating to fluoridation, and to publish a notice in local newspapers and on the city's website and social media pages at least ninety days prior to discontinuing such fluoridation.

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Official Summary Text

Requires cities that fluoridate public water supplies to comply with certain provisions of law and publish a notice prior to discontinuing such fluoridation
Requires cities that fluoridate public water supplies to comply with certain provisions of law relating to fluoridation, and to publish a notice in local newspapers and on the city's website and social media pages at least ninety days prior to discontinuing such fluoridation.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          8283

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 30, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2

        AN ACT to amend the general city law, in  relation  to  requiring  addi-
          tional  notice prior to the discontinuance of drinking water fluorida-
          tion

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  The  general  city law is amended by adding a new section
     2  18-e to read as follows:
     3    § 18-E. ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS  FOR  CITIES  SEEKING  TO
     4  CEASE  FLUORIDATION.  NO  CITY THAT FLUORIDATES A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY OR
     5  CAUSES A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY TO BECOME FLUORIDATED SHALL DISCONTINUE THE
     6  ADDITION OF A FLUORIDE COMPOUND TO SUCH PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY UNLESS  SUCH
     7  CITY HAS FIRST ISSUED A DETERMINATION TO DISCONTINUE FLUORIDATION, WHICH
     8  SHALL INCLUDE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR SUCH DISCONTINUANCE. SUCH CITY SHALL
     9  PUBLISH  A  NOTICE  INCLUDING  THE  DATE OF SUCH DISCONTINUANCE IN LOCAL
    10  NEWSPAPERS AND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT LEAST  NINETY  DAYS  BEFORE  THE
    11  DATE OF SUCH DISCONTINUANCE.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13230-01-5