Assembly Bill A3029A

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3029--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KELLES, SCHIAVONI, GALLAGHER -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance  with  Assembly
   Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing standards
   for the reuse of deconstructed building materials
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 377 of the execu-
 tive law, as added by chapter 707 of the laws of  1981,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   c.  permit  to  the  fullest  extent feasible, use of modern technical
 methods, devices and improvements which  tend  to  reduce  the  cost  of
 construction,  INCLUDING  THE REUSE OF DECONSTRUCTED BUILDING MATERIALS,
 without substantially affecting reasonable requirements for the  health,
 safety and security of the occupants or users of buildings;
   §  2.  Section  378  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 19-a to read as follows:
   19-A. A. TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF ZERO ON-SITE GREENHOUSE GAS  EMISSIONS
 AND  HELP ACHIEVE THE STATE'S CLEAR ENERGY AND CLIMATE AGENDA, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH WITH-
 IN CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  ALSO
 KNOWN  AS THE NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION
 ACT, THE UNIFORM CODE SHALL SET STANDARDS FOR THE USE OF SALVAGE  LUMBER
 THAT  HAS  BEEN  PREVIOUSLY  USED  IN  BUILDINGS  OR OTHER STRUCTURES IN
 CONSTRUCTION AND FOR THE GRADING OF SALVAGE LUMBER.
   B. THE UNIFORM CODE SHALL PROVIDE THAT SALVAGE LUMBER SHALL BE PERMIT-
 TED TO USE NOT GREATER THAN NINETY PERCENT OF THE DESIGN VALUES ASSIGNED
 TO THE SPECIES AND GRADE OF SAWN LUMBER IN  THE  AMERICAN  WOOD  COUNCIL
 NATIONAL  DESIGN  SPECIFICATION, PROVIDED AN APPROVED ENTITY, INCLUDING,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00127-02-6
              

 A. 3029--A                          2
 
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A GRADING OR INSPECTION AGENCY OR REGISTERED  DESIGN
 PROFESSIONAL,  PROVIDES  VERIFICATION  OF  COMPLIANCE  WITH  ALL  OF THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (I)  THE  SALVAGE LUMBER IS IDENTIFIED BY A GRADE MARK CONFORMING WITH
 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE R602.1.1 FOR SAWN LUMBER, OR IS  ACCOMPA-
 NIED  BY  A  CERTIFICATE  OF  INSPECTION  ISSUED  BY A LUMBER GRADING OR
 INSPECTION  AGENCY  CONFORMING  WITH  INTERNATIONAL   RESIDENTIAL   CODE
 R602.1.1 FOR SAWN LUMBER DETAILING THE SPECIES AND GRADE;
   (II)  THE  SALVAGE  LUMBER IS FREE OF NET SECTION REDUCTIONS EXCEEDING
 THE LIMITATIONS PERMITTED FOR THE ASSIGNED GRADE;
   (III) THE SALVAGE LUMBER IS FREE OF AREAS OF  DECAY,  FIRE  DAMAGE  OR
 INSECT  DAMAGE  EXCEEDING  THE  LIMITATIONS  PERMITTED  FOR THE ASSIGNED
 GRADE;
   (IV) THE SALVAGE LUMBER SHOWS NO SIGNS OF FAILURE OR STRENGTH REDUCING
 CHARACTERISTICS EXCEEDING THE LIMITATIONS  PERMITTED  FOR  THE  ASSIGNED
 GRADE  AS A RESULT OF STRUCTURAL LOADING, DECONSTRUCTION, OR OTHER CAUS-
 ES;
   (V) THE SALVAGE LUMBER HAS NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO TEMPERATURES  CONTIN-
 UOUSLY ABOVE ONE HUNDRED DEGREES FAHRENHEIT (THIRTY-EIGHT DEGREES CELSI-
 US), BOTH DAY AND NIGHT, FOR A PERIOD EXCEEDING SIX MONTHS; AND
   (VI) THE WORD "SALVAGE" AND THE NAME OF THE APPROVED ENTITY CONFIRMING
 COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) THROUGH (V) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 LEGIBLY AND PERMANENTLY APPLIED IN INDELIBLE INK.
   §  3.  Section  376  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR  GRADING  SALVAGE  LUMBER  FOR  STRUCTURAL
 PURPOSES.  THE  PROGRAM SHALL BE DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH INDUSTRY
 STAKEHOLDERS AND SHALL INCLUDE STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING THE  STRUCTURAL
 INTEGRITY  OF  SALVAGE LUMBER. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE UPDATED AS NECESSARY
 TO REFLECT ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY AND BEST PRACTICES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.