---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the South Nassau water authority"
description: "Establishes the South Nassau water authority; outlines the powers of such authority; defines terms; authorizes bonds and eminent domain; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5527"
citation: "New York S 5527 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-11-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26169417-8208-423d-8fdb-068acddb8693"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5527"
source_hash: "2c3734029c9a5e57f287370d72bd3b843361df0f11a3a3e7b55694c5a4057a10"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 5527 (2021-2022) — Establishes the South Nassau water authority

Establishes the South Nassau water authority; outlines the powers of such authority; defines terms; authorizes bonds and eminent domain; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S5527** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5527&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-10** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1645
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6393
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.792
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-03** SIGNED CHAP.575 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26169417-8208-423d-8fdb-068acddb8693`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).