NY State Senate Bill S6210A

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May 09, 2022	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 31, 2022	advanced to third reading
Jan 26, 2022	2nd report cal.
Jan 25, 2022	1st report cal.339
Jan 05, 2022	referred to housing, construction and community development
Jun 10, 2021	committed to rules
May 24, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 20, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 18, 2021	1st report cal.1091
May 11, 2021	print number 6210a
May 11, 2021	amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development
Apr 15, 2021	referred to housing, construction and community development

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S6210 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3559
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §377, Exec L; amd §§11-101 & 11-103, Energy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A6824
2019-2020: A4460

S6210 - Summary

Directs the state fire prevention and building code council to update the state fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code within 12 months of the publication of any updated or revised edition of the international and national codes relating thereto, so as to ensure that the state's codes reflect such revisions and updates.

S6210 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6210

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law and the energy law, in relation to
requiring the updating of the state uniform fire prevention and building
code and the state energy conservation construction code on the basis of
update of certain international codes

 
PURPOSE:

To direct the state fire prevention and building code council to update
the state fire prevention and building code and the state energy conser-
vation construction code

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 renumbers subdivision 2 of section 377 of the executive law to
subdivision 3 and adds a new subdivision 2.

A new subdivision 2 is added to require that the state uniform fire
prevention and building code the state energy conservation code be
updated in accordance to changes in international fire codes. These
codes include the International Building Code, the International Fire
Code, the International Residential Code, the International Plumbing
Code, the International Mechanical Code, the International Property
Maintenance Code, and the National Electrical Code. New subdivision 2
states each time a revised edition of a code is updated, the council
shall, within twelve months of such publication, update the uniform fire
prevention and building code to be updated to reflect such changes.

Section 2 amends chapter 516 of the laws of 1984 to update the purpose
of a state energy construction code. Section 3 states that the fire
prevention and building code council may decide to update a code if it
is cost effective. In determining if it is cost effective, the council
shall consider the cost of their installation to meet its standards
would be equal to or less than the present value of energy savings that
could be expected over a 10 year period from when the materials are
installed. For residential buildings, the code shall meet or exceed the
then most recently published international Energy Conservation Code, or
achieve equivalent or greater energy savings and cause the state energy
conservation constriction code to be updated to reflect such changes.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

When states and local governments stay current with updated building
codes, they encourage market-ready solutions that increases the safety,
resiliency, energy-efficiency, and overall performance of homes,
schools, hospitals, and other buildings. Timely adoption of model safety
codes promotes private sector innovation and competition by guiding new
technologies into the marketplace through the code, it increases
protection and decreases reconstruction costs from damage caused by
natural disasters; and protects the value of the building owners'
investment.

The 2012 President's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force was charged
with the development of guidelines and recommendations of how to direct
more than $20 billion in federal funding for infrastructure recovery and
resilience. One of the recommendations was for states to use the most
current building codes saying that "using the most current code ensures
that buildings and other structures incorporate the latest science,
advances in technology and lessons learned...

These codes help ensure that more resilient structures are built and
that communities are better protected from all types of hazards and
disasters".

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: A.6824

2019-20: A.4460

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6210 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6210
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 and the energy law, in relation to
   requiring the updating of the state uniform fire prevention and build-
   ing code and the state energy conservation construction  code  on  the
   basis of update of certain international codes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 377 of the executive law is renum-
 bered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
   2.  EACH TIME A REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILD-
 ING CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE  CODE,  THE  INTERNATIONAL  RESIDENTIAL
 CODE,  THE  INTERNATIONAL  PLUMBING  CODE,  THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL
 CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILD-
 ING CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE  OR  THE  NATIONAL
 ELECTRICAL CODE IS PUBLISHED, THE COUNCIL SHALL, WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF
 SUCH PUBLICATION OF A REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION, CAUSE THE UNIFORM FIRE
 PREVENTION  AND  BUILDING  CODE  TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES IN ANY
 SUCH REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION.
   § 2. Section 11-101 of the energy law, as amended by  chapter  516  of
 the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   § 11-101. Purpose.  In furtherance of the policy set forth in subdivi-
 sion  two  of  section  3-101  of  this  chapter, the legislature hereby
 directs that a state energy conservation construction code be adopted to
 protect the health, safety and security of the people of the  state  and
 to  assure a continuing supply of energy for future generations and that
 such code mandate that  [economically]  reasonable  energy  conservation
 techniques  be  used  in  the  design and construction of all public and
 private buildings in the state.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05956-01-1

 S. 6210                             2
 
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 11-103 of the energy law, as amended  by
 chapter 560 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   2. The state fire prevention and building code council [is authorized,
 from  time  to  time  as  it  deems  appropriate and consistent with the
 purposes of this article, to review and amend the code, or adopt  a  new
 code,  through rules and regulations provided that the code remains cost
 effective with respect to building construction in the state. In  deter-
 mining  whether  the code remains cost effective, the code council shall
 consider whether the cost of materials and their  installation  to  meet
 its standards would be equal to or less than the present value of energy
 savings that could be expected over a ten year period in the building in
 which  such materials are installed. For residential buildings, the code
 shall meet or exceed the  then  most  recently  published  International
 Energy  Conservation  Code,  or  achieve  equivalent  or  greater energy
 savings; and for commercial buildings, the code  shall  meet  or  exceed
 ASHRAE  90.1-2007,  or  achieve  equivalent  or  greater energy savings]
 SHALL, WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS  OF  THE  PUBLICATION  OF  EACH  REVISED  OR
 UPDATED  EDITION  OF  THE  INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE OR THE
 ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA STANDARD 90.1, CAUSE  THE  STATE  ENERGY  CONSERVATION
 CONSTRUCTION  CODE  TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES IN ANY SUCH REVISED
 OR UPDATED EDITION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

Co-Sponsors

S6210A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3559
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §377, Exec L; amd §§11-101 & 11-103, Energy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A6824
2019-2020: A4460

S6210A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6210A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6210A

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law and the energy law, in relation to
requiring the updating of the state uniform fire prevention and building
code and the state energy conservation construction code on the basis of
update of certain international codes

 
PURPOSE:

To direct the state fire prevention and building code council to update
the state fire prevention and building code and the state energy conser-
vation construction code

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: renumbers subdivision 2 of section 377 of the executive law
to subdivision 3 and adds a new subdivision 2.

A new subdivision 2 is added to require that the state uniform fire

prevention and building code be updated in accordance to changes in
international fire codes. These codes include the International Building
Code, the International Fire Code, the International Residential Code,
the International Plumbing Code, the International Mechanical Code, the
International Property Maintenance Code, and the National Electrical
Code. New subdivision 2 states each time a revised edition of a code is
updated, the council shall, within twelve months of such publication,
update the uniform fire prevention and building code to be updated to
reflect such changes.

Section 2: amends chapter 516 of the laws of 1984 to update the purpose
of a state energy construction code and the New York state climate lead-
ership and community protection act.

Section 3: states that the fire prevention building code council is
authorized, from time to time, to review and amend the code, or adopt a
new code, through rules and regulations. For residential buildings, the
code shall meet or exceed the then most recently published international
Energy Conservation Code, or achieve equivalent or greater energy
savings; and for commercial buildings, the code shall meet or exceed the
then most recently published ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, or achieve
equivalent or greater energy savings.  conservation constriction code to
be updated to reflect such changes.

The state fire prevention and building code council shall, as soon as
practicable and no later than twelve months after the publication of
each revised or updated edition of the International Energy conservation
Code or the ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, cause the state energy
conservation construction code to be updated to reflect changes in any
such revised or updated edition. To the extent that the state energy
conservation construction code has not been updated to reflect changes
in any such revised or updated edition as of the effective date of this
act, the council shall, as soon as practicable and no later than twelve
months after the effective date of this act, cause the state energy
conservation construction code to be updated to reflect such changes.

Section 4: effective date
 
JUSTIFICATION:

When states and local governments stay current with updated building
codes, they encourage market-ready solutions that increases the safety,
resiliency, energy-efficiency, and overall performance of homes,
schools, hospitals, and other buildings. Timely adoption of model safety
codes promotes private sector innovation and competition by guiding new
technologies into the marketplace through the code, it increases
protection and decreases reconstruction costs from damage caused by
natural disasters; and protects the value of the building owners'
investment.

The 2012 President's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force was charged
with the development of guidelines and recommendations of how to direct
more than $20 billion in federal funding for infrastructure recovery and
resilience. One of the recommendations was for states to use the most
current building codes saying that "using the most current code ensures
that buildings and other structures incorporate the latest science,
advances in technology and lessons learned...

These codes help ensure that more resilient structures are built and
that communities are better protected from all types of hazards and
disasters".

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: A.6824

2019-20: A.4460

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6210A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6210--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community  Development  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the energy  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring the updating of the state uniform fire prevention and build-
   ing  code  and  the state energy conservation construction code on the
   basis of update of certain international codes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 377 of the executive law is renum-
 bered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
   2.  EACH TIME A REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILD-
 ING  CODE,  THE  INTERNATIONAL  FIRE CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL
 CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL  PLUMBING  CODE,  THE  INTERNATIONAL  MECHANICAL
 CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILD-
 ING  CODE,  THE  INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE OR THE NATIONAL
 ELECTRICAL CODE IS PUBLISHED, THE COUNCIL  SHALL,  TWELVE  MONTHS  AFTER
 PUBLICATION  OF  A  REVISED  OR  UPDATED EDITION, CAUSE THE UNIFORM FIRE
 PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE TO BE UPDATED TO  REFLECT  CHANGES  IN  ANY
 SUCH  REVISED  OR UPDATED EDITION.   TO THE EXTENT THAT THE UNIFORM FIRE
 PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES  IN
 ANY  SUCH  REVISED  OR  UPDATED EDITION AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 ACT, THE COUNCIL SHALL, AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND NO LATER THAN  TWELVE
 MONTHS  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS ACT, CAUSE THE UNIFORM FIRE
 PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGES.
   § 2. Section 11-101 of the energy law, as amended by  chapter  516  of
 the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   §  11-101. Purpose.  In furtherance of the [policy] POLICIES set forth
 in subdivision two of section 3-101 of this chapter AND IN  CHAPTER  ONE
 HUNDRED  SIX  OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN ENACTING THE NEW YORK
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD05956-02-1

 S. 6210--A                          2
 
 STATE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT,  the  legislature
 hereby  directs  that  a  state energy conservation construction code be
 adopted to protect the health, safety and security of the people of  the
 state and to assure a continuing supply of energy for future generations
 and that such code mandate that [economically] reasonable energy conser-
 vation  techniques  be used in the design and construction of all public
 and private buildings in the state.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 11-103 of the energy law, as amended  by
 chapter 560 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  (A) The state fire prevention and building code council is author-
 ized, from time to time as it deems appropriate and consistent with  the
 purposes  of  this article, to review and amend the code, or adopt a new
 code, through rules and regulations [provided that the code remains cost
 effective with respect to building construction in the state. In  deter-
 mining  whether  the code remains cost effective, the code council shall
 consider whether the cost of materials and their  installation  to  meet
 its standards would be equal to or less than the present value of energy
 savings that could be expected over a ten year period in the building in
 which such materials are installed]. For residential buildings, the code
 shall  meet  or  exceed  the  then most recently published International
 Energy Conservation  Code,  or  achieve  equivalent  or  greater  energy
 savings;  and  for  commercial  buildings, the code shall meet or exceed
 [ASHRAE 90.1-2007] THE THEN MOST  RECENTLY  PUBLISHED  ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA
 STANDARD 90.1, or achieve equivalent or greater energy savings.
   (B) THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE COUNCIL SHALL, AS SOON
 AS  PRACTICABLE AND NO LATER THAN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF
 EACH REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION
 CODE OR THE ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA STANDARD  90.1,  CAUSE  THE  STATE  ENERGY
 CONSERVATION  CONSTRUCTION  CODE TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES IN ANY
 SUCH REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION.  TO THE EXTENT THAT  THE  STATE  ENERGY
 CONSERVATION  CONSTRUCTION  CODE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES
 IN ANY SUCH REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 ACT,  THE COUNCIL SHALL, AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND NO LATER THAN TWELVE
 MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  ACT,  CAUSE  THE  STATE  ENERGY
 CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CODE TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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May 9, 2022 - floor Vote

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Jan 25, 2022 - Housing, Construction and Community Development committee Vote

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May 18, 2021 - Housing, Construction and Community Development committee Vote

Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee Vote: May 18, 2021

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S6210 - Details

S6210 - Summary

S6210 - Sponsor Memo

S6210 - Bill Text download pdf

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May 9, 2022 - floor Vote

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Jan 25, 2022 - Housing, Construction and Community Development committee Vote

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May 18, 2021 - Housing, Construction and Community Development committee Vote

Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee Vote: May 18, 2021

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S6210 - Details

S6210 - Summary

S6210 - Sponsor Memo

S6210 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Luis R. Sepúlveda

S6210A (ACTIVE) - Details

S6210A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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