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Assembly Bill A6070

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for municipal enforcement of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code and to the disbursement of intervenor funds under the major renewable energy development program

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2023-A6070 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4508

2023-A6070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing for municipal enforcement of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code and to the disbursement of intervenor funds under the major renewable energy development program; add compliance filings as a basis for receiving intervenor funds; provides reimbursement for pre-application activities.

2023-A6070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6070
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to allowing for municipal
   enforcement of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building
   code and to the disbursement  of  intervenor  funds  under  the  major
   renewable energy development program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section  94-c  of  the  executive  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   (D) THIS SECTION SHALL NOT IMPAIR OR ABROGATE MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT OF
 THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  UNIFORM  FIRE  PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE UNDER
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 94-c of  the  executive
 law,  as  added  by  section  4 of part JJJ of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Each application for a siting permit shall be accompanied by a fee
 in an amount equal to one thousand dollars for each  thousand  kilowatts
 of  capacity  of  the  proposed  major  renewable energy facility, to be
 deposited in an account to be known as the local agency  account  estab-
 lished  for  the  benefit of local agencies and community intervenors by
 the New York state energy research and development authority  and  main-
 tained  in  a  segregated  account in the custody of the commissioner of
 taxation and finance. The office may update the fee periodically  solely
 to  account  for  inflation.  The  proceeds  of  such  account  shall be
 disbursed by the office, in accordance with eligibility  and  procedures
 established  by  the  rules  and  regulations  promulgated by the office
 pursuant to this section, for the participation of  local  agencies  and
 community   intervenors   in   public   comment  periods  [or],  hearing
 procedures, AND COMPLIANCE FILINGS established by this section,  includ-
 ing  the  rules  and  regulations promulgated hereto; provided that fees
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06622-01-3

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