Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 22, 2018 |
print number 8894a |
Feb 22, 2018 |
amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations |
Jan 05, 2018 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A8894A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
THIELE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Dean Murray
2017-A8894 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6950
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §377, Exec L
2017-A8894 - Summary
Establishes uniform procedures authorizing municipalities to grant building permits upon certification by a licensed professional engineer or a registered architect in good standing for certain alterations to existing residential or commercial buildings which do not alter load bearing walls, accessibility that is compliant with the ADA or fire egress and which maintains fire ratings.
2017-A8894 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8894 I N A S S E M B L Y January 5, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establish procedures authorizing certain municipalities to grant building permits upon certification by a licensed professional engineer or a registered architect for certain alterations to existing commercial buildings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs d and e of subdivision 2 of section 377 of the executive law, as added by chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, are amended and a new paragraph f is added to read as follows: d. encourage, so far as may be practicable, the standardization of construction practices, methods, equipment, material and techniques; [and] e. eliminate restrictive, obsolete, conflicting and unnecessary build- ing regulations and requirements which tend to increase unnecessarily construction costs or retard unnecessarily the use of new materials, or provide unwarranted preferential treatment to types or classes of mate- rial or products or methods of construction[.]; AND F. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ESTAB- LISH A PROCEDURE AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES IN NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUN- TIES TO GRANT A BUILDING PERMIT IN CASES WHERE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER OR A REGISTERED ARCHITECT CERTIFIES TO THE MUNICIPALITY THAT THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH PROCEDURE SHALL ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO ACCEPT A CERTIFICATION BY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER OR A REGISTERED ARCHITECT ONLY IN CASES WHERE THE PERMIT APPLICATION IS FOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, WHERE SUCH ALTERATIONS DO NOT ALTER LOAD BEAR- ING WALLS, DO NOT ALTER EXISTING ACCESSIBILITY THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, MEETS ALL FIRE EGRESS REQUIREMENTS, AND MAINTAINS AT LEAST THE SAME FIRE RATING AS BEFORE THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
co-Sponsors
Dean Murray
John T. McDonald III
2017-A8894A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6950
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §377, Exec L
2017-A8894A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes uniform procedures authorizing municipalities to grant building permits upon certification by a licensed professional engineer or a registered architect in good standing for certain alterations to existing residential or commercial buildings which do not alter load bearing walls, accessibility that is compliant with the ADA or fire egress and which maintains fire ratings.
2017-A8894A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8894--A I N A S S E M B L Y January 5, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing uniform procedures authorizing municipalities to grant building permits upon certification by a licensed professional engineer or a registered architect in good standing for certain alterations to existing commer- cial buildings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs d and e of subdivision 2 of section 377 of the executive law, as added by chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, are amended and a new paragraph f is added to read as follows: d. encourage, so far as may be practicable, the standardization of construction practices, methods, equipment, material and techniques; [and] e. eliminate restrictive, obsolete, conflicting and unnecessary build- ing regulations and requirements which tend to increase unnecessarily construction costs or retard unnecessarily the use of new materials, or provide unwarranted preferential treatment to types or classes of mate- rial or products or methods of construction[.]; AND F. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ESTAB- LISH A UNIFORM PROCEDURE AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES, EXCEPT CITIES WITH A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION, WHICH ADOPT A LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZ- ING THE ADOPTION OF SUCH UNIFORM PROCEDURE, TO GRANT A BUILDING PERMIT IN CASES WHERE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER OR A REGISTERED ARCHI- TECT IN GOOD STANDING CERTIFIES TO THE MUNICIPALITY THAT THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH PROCEDURE SHALL ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO ACCEPT A CERTIFICATION BY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER OR A REGISTERED ARCHITECT IN GOOD STANDING ONLY IN CASES WHERE THE PERMIT APPLICATION IS FOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING RESI- DENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, WHERE SUCH ALTERATIONS DO NOT ALTER EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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