assembly Bill A9631B

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to conducting investigations into the administration and enforcement of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code and the New York state energy conservation construction code

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed/Vetoed by Governor

Your Voice

do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

view actions (5)
Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 04, 2020 print number 9631b
Mar 04, 2020 amend and recommit to governmental operations
Feb 12, 2020 print number 9631a
Feb 12, 2020 amend and recommit to governmental operations
Jan 28, 2020 referred to governmental operations

A9631 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7300
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §381, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A392, S1830
2023-2024: A5618, S3354

A9631 - Summary

Relates to conducting investigations into the administration and enforcement of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code and the New York state energy conservation construction code by counties.

A9631 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  9631

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  conducting  investi-
  gations  into the administration and enforcement of the New York state
  uniform fire prevention and building code and the New York state ener-
  gy conservation construction code

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 381 of the executive law,
as added by chapter 707 of the laws of 1981,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  A.  On  and  after the first day of July, nineteen hundred eighty-
five, the secretary shall have power to investigate and conduct hearings
relative to whether administration and enforcement of the  uniform  fire
prevention and building code complies with the minimum standards promul-
gated  pursuant  to  subdivision  one of this section. At least ten days
written notice of any such hearing shall be provided to the elective  or
appointive chief executive officer or, if there be none, the chairman of
the  legislative  body  of the local government or county whose adminis-
tration and enforcement of the uniform code is at issue.
  B. IF THE SECRETARY RECEIVES FROM ANY COUNTY, OFFICIAL NOTICE  THAT  A
LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  WITHIN THE COUNTY IS NOT PROVIDING ADMINISTRATION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF THE  UNIFORM  FIRE  PREVENTION  AND  BUILDING  CODE  THAT
COMPLIES  WITH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE SECRETARY SHALL INVESTIGATE AND  CONDUCT  HEAR-
INGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  4.  If  the secretary determines that a local government has failed to
administer and enforce the uniform fire prevention and building code  in
accordance  with  the minimum standards promulgated pursuant to subdivi-
sion one of this section, the secretary shall take any of the  following
actions, either individually or in combination in any sequence:
  a.  The  secretary  may  issue  an order compelling compliance by such
local government with the standards for administration  and  enforcement
of the uniform code.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

A9631A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7300
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §381, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A392, S1830
2023-2024: A5618, S3354

A9631A - Summary

Relates to conducting investigations into the administration and enforcement of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code and the New York state energy conservation construction code by counties.

A9631A - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 9631--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  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  conducting  investi-
  gations  into the administration and enforcement of the New York state
  uniform fire prevention and building code and the New York state ener-
  gy conservation construction code

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 381 of the executive law,
as added by chapter 707 of the laws of 1981,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  A.  On  and  after the first day of July, nineteen hundred eighty-
five, the secretary shall have power to investigate and conduct hearings
relative to whether administration and enforcement of the  uniform  fire
prevention and building code complies with the minimum standards promul-
gated  pursuant  to  subdivision  one of this section. At least ten days
written notice of any such hearing shall be provided to the elective  or
appointive chief executive officer or, if there be none, the chairman of
the  legislative  body  of the local government or county whose adminis-
tration and enforcement of the uniform code is at issue.
  B. IF THE SECRETARY RECEIVES FROM ANY COUNTY, OFFICIAL NOTICE  THAT  A
LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  WITHIN THE COUNTY IS NOT PROVIDING ADMINISTRATION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF THE  UNIFORM  FIRE  PREVENTION  AND  BUILDING  CODE  THAT
COMPLIES  WITH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE SECRETARY SHALL INVESTIGATE AND  CONDUCT  HEAR-
INGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  4.  If  the secretary determines that a local government has failed to
administer and enforce the uniform fire prevention and building code  in
accordance  with  the minimum standards promulgated pursuant to subdivi-
sion one of this section, the secretary shall take any of the  following
actions, either individually or in combination in any sequence:

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

A9631B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7300
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §381, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A392, S1830
2023-2024: A5618, S3354

A9631B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to conducting investigations into the administration and enforcement of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code and the New York state energy conservation construction code by counties.

A9631B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 9631--B

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to conducting investi-
  gations into the administration and enforcement of the New York  state
  uniform fire prevention and building code and the New York state ener-
  gy conservation construction code

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 381 of the  executive  law,
as  added  by  chapter  707  of the laws of 1981, are amended to read as
follows:
  3. A. On and after the first day of  July,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-
five, the secretary shall have power to investigate and conduct hearings
relative  to  whether administration and enforcement of the uniform fire
prevention and building code complies with the minimum standards promul-
gated pursuant to subdivision one of this section.  At  least  ten  days
written  notice of any such hearing shall be provided to the elective or
appointive chief executive officer or, if there be none, the chairman of
the legislative body of the local government or  county  whose  adminis-
tration and enforcement of the uniform code is at issue.
  B.  IF THE SECRETARY RECEIVES FROM ANY COUNTY, OFFICIAL NOTICE, IN THE
FORM OF A RESOLUTION, APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE BY THE COUNTY LEGISLA-
TURE, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OR BOARD OF LEGISLATURES AND  THEN  APPROVED
BY  THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, WHERE THE COUNTY HAS A COUNTY EXECUTIVE, WHICH
EXPLAINS THE BASIS OF THE REQUEST, THAT A LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  WITHIN  THE
COUNTY  IS  NOT  PROVIDING ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE UNIFORM
FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE THAT COMPLIES WITH THE MINIMUM  STAND-
ARDS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE SECRE-
TARY  SHALL  INVESTIGATE AND MAY CONDUCT HEARINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  THE SECRETARY SHALL NOT BEGIN AN INVES-
TIGATION INTO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH UNLESS  THE  LOCAL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets