Assembly Bill A9940

                            
 
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                                   9940
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2020
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 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  the  appointment  for
   agricultural  representation on the state fire prevention and building
   code council
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 374 of the executive law, as added
 by  chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, the opening paragraph as amended by
 chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, paragraph a as amended by section 96 of
 subpart B of part C and as further amended by section 104 of part  A  of
 chapter  62 of the laws of 2011, subdivision c as amended by chapter 920
 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   1. There is hereby created and established in the department of  state
 a  council,  to  be known as the state fire prevention and building code
 council. Such council shall consist of the secretary of state, as chair-
 man, the state fire administrator and [fifteen] SIXTEEN other members to
 be appointed as follows:
   a. Two members, to be  appointed  by  the  governor,  from  among  the
 commissioners  of  the  departments of economic development, corrections
 and community supervision, education, health, labor, mental  health  and
 social  services,  office  of  general services, division of housing and
 community renewal, and the superintendent of financial services.
   b. Six members, to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall  be
 an elected official of a city with a population over one million, one of
 whom shall be an elected official of another city with a population over
 one  hundred  thousand,  one of whom shall be an elected official of any
 other city, one of whom shall be an elected county official, one of whom
 shall be an elected town official, and one of whom shall be  an  elected
 village official.
   c.  Seven members, to be appointed by the governor with the advice and
 consent of the senate, one of whom shall be a fire service official, one
 of whom shall be a registered architect, one of whom shall be a  profes-
 sional  engineer,  one of whom shall be a code enforcement official, one
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 of whom shall represent builders, one  of  whom  shall  represent  trade
 unions,  and  one of whom shall be a person with a disability as defined
 in section two hundred ninety-two of this  chapter  who  would  directly
 benefit  from  the  provisions  of article thirteen of the state uniform
 fire prevention and building code. The registered architect and  profes-
 sional  engineer  shall  be  duly  licensed to practice their respective
 professions in the state of New York. After the  certification  of  code
 enforcement  personnel  pursuant  to  this chapter shall have begun said
 code enforcement official shall be so certified.
   D. ONE MEMBER, TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, FROM THE STATE'S LARG-
 EST AGRICULTURAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.