---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the assessment of property owned by water-works corporations"
description: "Relates to the establishment of the North Shore water authority to protect, preserve and enhance the quality and quantity of the water within its supply area; defines terms; creates the water authority of the North Shore district and the water authority of North Shore; establishes the powers, bonds and moneys of the authority; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6707"
citation: "New York S 6707 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-12"
last_action: "2021-11-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b7768c5-c585-4dc2-a46f-30593555a5c3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6707"
source_hash: "b1a9b806827650c9daa3e4340929648f3e2060097d17306f1af4254194b38db7"
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 6707 (2021-2022) — Relates to the assessment of property owned by water-works corporations

Relates to the establishment of the North Shore water authority to protect, preserve and enhance the quality and quantity of the water within its supply area; defines terms; creates the water authority of the North Shore district and the water authority of North Shore; establishes the powers, bonds and moneys of the authority; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6707&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-12** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1464
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7654
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.619
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-03** SIGNED CHAP.577 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b7768c5-c585-4dc2-a46f-30593555a5c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).