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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Apr 27, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S4650
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S4650 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง904, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S748
2013-2014: S2082
2015-2016: S1979
2009-S4650 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4650 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to asbestos project notification fees PURPOSE : To amend Section 904 of the Labor Law with regard to asbes- tos project notification fees for owner occupied one or two family residential structures. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill would amend Section 904 of the Labor Law to provide that the asbestos notification fee for owner occupied one or two family residential structures shall be no more than five hundred dollars. JUSTIFICATION : Municipalities seek to improve neighborhoods through renovations and by procuring grant program funding. Unfortunately, in many distressed neighborhoods, the asbestos removal fees are so cost-prohibitive, that it has had a devastating effect on the local government's ability to address building code enforcement and pursue economic development opportunities, by more than doubling the cost of demolition activities. Demolition and redevelopment projects benefit citizens and strengthen neighborhoods. Currently, a very small percentage of asbestos project notifications are received from projects involving owner occupied one or two family structures. It is believed that so few of these notifications are received because the current fee structure is cost prohibitive, which results in homeowners
2009-S4650 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4650 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to asbestos project notifica- tion fees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 904 of the labor law, subdivision 2 as amended by section 1 of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 775 of the laws of 1986 and subdivision 4 as added by chapter 520 of the laws of 1989, are amended to read as follows: 2. [Any] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, ANY contractor engaged in an asbestos project involving more than two hundred sixty linear feet or more than one hundred sixty square feet of asbestos or asbestos materials shall notify both the United States Envi- ronmental Protection Agency, Region II, Air and Hazardous Material Divi- sion, AS REQUIRED, and the commissioner in writing ten days prior to the commencement of work on the project or, if emergency conditions make it impossible to provide ten days prior notice, as soon as practicable after identification of the project. The notice to the commissioner shall include the following information: the name, address and asbestos handling license number of the contractor working on the project; the address and description of the building or area, including size, age and prior use of the building or area; the amount of [friable] asbestos material present in square feet and/or linear feet, if applicable; room designation numbers or other local information where such asbestos mate- rial is found unless such material is found throughout the entire structure; the scheduled starting and completion dates for removal; the procedures and equipment, including ventilating systems that will be employed; any additional information which the commissioner may require; and shall be accompanied by a project notification fee as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07630-03-9
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