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Assembly Bill A10655

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the adoption by local governments of higher or more restrictive standards for construction

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2015-A10655 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7826
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง379, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A6361, S4284

2015-A10655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the adoption by local governments of higher or more restrictive standards for construction.

2015-A10655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10655

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 10, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Thiele) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the adoption by  local
  governments of higher or more restrictive standards for construction

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  379  of  the  executive  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  772  of  the  laws  of 1986, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Except in the case of factory manufactured homes, intended for  use
as  one  or  two family dwelling units or multiple dwellings of not more
than two stories in height, the legislative body of any local government
may duly enact or adopt local laws or ordinances imposing higher or more
restrictive standards for construction within the jurisdiction  of  such
local  government than are applicable generally to such local government
in the uniform code. Within thirty days of such enactment  or  adoption,
the  chief  executive  officer, or if there be none, the chairman of the
legislative body of such local government, shall so notify the  council,
and shall petition the council for a determination of whether such local
laws   or   ordinances   are  more  stringent  than  the  standards  for
construction applicable  generally  to  such  local  government  in  the
uniform  code.  [During  the  period in which the council is considering
such petition, such] SUCH local laws or  ordinances  shall  [remain  in]
TAKE  full  force  and  effect  UPON AN AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION BY THE
COUNCIL AS PROVIDED HEREIN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15456-01-6

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