NY State Senate Bill S1003A

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Jun 01, 2021	print number 1003a
Jun 01, 2021	amend (t) and recommit to local government
Jan 06, 2021	referred to local government

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S1003 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7947
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §125, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S9108

S1003 - Summary

Authorizes a city, town or village to establish a program whereby a building permit may be issued based upon certification by a registered architect or professional engineer.

S1003 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1003

SPONSOR: GAUGHRAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to building
permits

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill allows a locality to establish a process allowing for the
issuance of a building permit based upon certification by a registered
architect licensed to practice in the State of New York or a profes-
sional engineer licensed to practice in the state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends Section 125 of the General Municipal Law to allow
municipalities to adopt permitting process based upon a certification
from a registered architect licensed to practice in the state, or a
professional engineer licensed to practice in the state, that the

intended work meets the requirements of the Uniform Fire Prevention and
Building Code. Any local program adopted pursuant to this section would
need to have a random audit provision to ensure compliance.

Section 2. Provides for an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Self-certification for building permits by licensed professionals allows
projects to move through the permitting process more efficiently.
Licensed professionals who are knowledgeable about the scope of a
particular project are capable of determining compliance with the
Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Allowing municipalities the
option to initiate a permitting process containing this flexibility will
serve to decrease costs to local building departments, while still
ensuring the safety of the public through random audits.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: S9108

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State. May serve to decrease costs to local governments that
choose to participate.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S1003 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1003
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  municipal  law,  in  relation  to  building
   permits

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 125 of the general municipal law, as added by chap-
 ter 439 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   § 125. Issuance of building permits. 1. No city, town or village shall
 issue a building permit without  obtaining  from  the  permit  applicant
 either:
   [1.]  (A)  proof  duly subscribed that workers' compensation insurance
 and disability benefits coverage issued by an  insurance  carrier  in  a
 form  satisfactory  to  the  chair of the workers' compensation board as
 provided for in section fifty-seven of the workers' compensation law  is
 effective; or
   [2.]  (B)  an  affidavit that such permit applicant has not engaged an
 employer or any employees as those terms are defined in section  two  of
 the  workers' compensation law to perform work relating to such building
 permit.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY A CITY,
 TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY ESTABLISH A PROGRAM WHEREBY A BUILDING PERMIT MAY BE
 ISSUED BASED UPON A CERTIFICATION BY A REGISTERED ARCHITECT LICENSED  TO
 PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER LICENSED TO
 PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT THE INTENDED WORK AS SET FORTH IN
 THE  BUILDING  PERMIT  APPLICATION MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFORM
 FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE A REQUIRE-
 MENT FOR A RANDOM AUDIT OF APPLICATIONS FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO  ENSURE
 COMPLIANCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03826-01-1

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S1003A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7947
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §125, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S9108

S1003A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a city, town or village to establish a program whereby a building permit may be issued based upon certification by a registered architect or professional engineer.

S1003A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1003A

SPONSOR: GAUGHRAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to building
permits; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill allows a local government in Nassau or Suffolk County to
establish a process allowing for the issuance of a building permit based
upon certification by a registered architect licensed to practice in the
State of New York or a professional engineer licensed to practice in the
state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends Section 125 of the General Municipal Law to allow
municipalities in Suffolk or Nassau County to adopt permitting process

based upon a certification from a registered architect licensed to prac-
tice in the state, or a professional engineer licensed to practice in
the state, that the intended work meets the requirements of the Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code. Any local program adopted pursuant to
this section would need to have a random audit provision to ensure
compliance and the municipality would be prohibited from reducing posi-
tions based on participation in the program. This program would not
apply to fire related inspections.

Section 2. Provides for an immediate effective date and repeal on Octo-
ber 1, 2024.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Self-certification for building permits by licensed professionals allows
projects to move through the permitting process more efficiently.
Licensed professionals who are knowledgeable about the scope of a
particular project are capable of determining compliance with the
Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Allowing municipalities the
option to initiate a permitting process containing this flexibility will
serve to decrease costs to local building departments, while still
ensuring the safety of the public through random audits.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: 59108

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State. May serve to decrease costs to local governments that
choose to participate.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed on October 1, 2024.

S1003A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1003--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, BROOKS, HARCKHAM, KAMINSKY, THOMAS -- read
   twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
   Committee on Local Government -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  municipal law, in relation to building
   permits; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expira-
   tion thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 125 of the general municipal law, as added by chap-
 ter 439 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   § 125. Issuance of building permits. 1. No city, town or village shall
 issue a building permit without  obtaining  from  the  permit  applicant
 either:
   [1.]  (A)  proof  duly subscribed that workers' compensation insurance
 and disability benefits coverage issued by an  insurance  carrier  in  a
 form  satisfactory  to  the  chair of the workers' compensation board as
 provided for in section fifty-seven of the workers' compensation law  is
 effective; or
   [2.]  (B)  an  affidavit that such permit applicant has not engaged an
 employer or any employees as those terms are defined in section  two  of
 the  workers' compensation law to perform work relating to such building
 permit.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY A CITY,
 TOWN OR VILLAGE IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,
 NOT  WHOLLY  CONTAINED  WITHIN A CITY, MAY ESTABLISH A PROGRAM WHEREBY A
 BUILDING PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED BASED UPON A CERTIFICATION BY A REGISTERED
 ARCHITECT LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF NEW  YORK  OR  A  PROFES-
 SIONAL  ENGINEER  LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT THE
 INTENDED WORK AS SET FORTH IN THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION MEETS  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03826-04-1

 S. 1003--A                          2
 
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE, EXCLUDING
 FIRE  RELATED INSPECTIONS.  SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT FOR
 A RANDOM AUDIT OF APPLICATIONS FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO  ENSURE  COMPLI-
 ANCE.    PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  A  CITY,  TOWN,  OR VILLAGE ESTABLISHING A
 PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROHIBITED  FROM  REDUCING  OR
 ELIMINATING  THE  POSITION  OF  ANY  EMPLOYEE INVOLVED WITH THE BUILDING
 PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS DURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed October 1, 2024.

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S1003 - Bill Text download pdf

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S1003A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1003A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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