S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7115
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
June 1, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development
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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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
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.