Senate Bill S1003A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to building permits

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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
Votes

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2021-S1003 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7947
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9108
2023-2024: S5614, A4202

2021-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.

2021-S1003 - Sponsor Memo

2021-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
              

co-Sponsors

2021-S1003A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7947
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9108
2023-2024: S5614, A4202

2021-S1003A - 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.

2021-S1003A - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1003A - 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
              

co-Sponsors

2021-S1003B - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7947
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9108
2023-2024: S5614, A4202

2021-S1003B - 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.

2021-S1003B - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1003B - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1003--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, BROOKS, HARCKHAM, KAMINSKY, KAPLAN, 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  commit-
   tee  -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance
   with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  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. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE  CONTRARY  A
 CITY,  TOWN  OR VILLAGE IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION TWO
 HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE, NOT WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN A CITY, MAY ESTAB-
 LISH A PROGRAM WHEREBY A BUILDING PERMIT MAY  BE  ISSUED  BASED  UPON  A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2021-S1003C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7947
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9108
2023-2024: S5614, A4202

2021-S1003C (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.

2021-S1003C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1003C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1003--C
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, BROOKS, HARCKHAM, KAMINSKY, KAPLAN, 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  commit-
   tee  -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance
   with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   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. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE  CONTRARY  A
 CITY,  TOWN  OR VILLAGE IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION TWO

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

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

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