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                                  3126--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. LUNSFORD, McDONALD, P. CARROLL, GLICK, GRIFFIN --
   read  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring that when a
   complaint is made to local code enforcement  of  a  violation  of  the
   uniform  fire  prevention  and  building  code or local building codes
   which results in the issuance of a compliance order,  the  complainant
   shall also be provided a copy of such order
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs h and i of subdivision 1 of section 381  of  the
 executive  law, as added by chapter 560 of the laws of 2010, are amended
 and a new paragraph j is added to read as follows:
   h. minimum basic training and  in-service  training  requirements  for
 personnel charged with administration and enforcement of the state ener-
 gy conservation construction code; [and]
   i.  standards and procedures for measuring the rate of compliance with
 the state energy conservation construction code, and provisions  requir-
 ing that such rate of compliance be measured on an annual basis[.];
   J.  IN  THE  EVENT  A  COMPLAINT  IS MADE TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR THE
 SECRETARY WHICH RESULTS IN THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 ANY  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  POWERS  GRANTED BY SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE OR SECTION THREE HUNDRED  SEVENTY-
 NINE  OF  THIS ARTICLE TO REMEDY ANY CONDITION FOUND TO EXIST IN, ON, OR
 ABOUT ANY BUILDING IN VIOLATION OF ANY REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE
 POWERS GRANTED BY SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE OR
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDING OF SUCH
 ORDER IN PERSON OR BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL  TO  THE  COMPLAINANT
 WHO INITIALLY REPORTED SUCH VIOLATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §  2. Paragraphs i and j of subdivision 1 of section 381 of the execu-
 tive law, paragraph i as amended and paragraph j as added by  section  3
 of part T of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a new para-
 graph k is added to read as follows:
   i.  standards and procedures for measuring the rate of compliance with
 the state energy conservation construction code, and provisions  requir-
 ing that such rate of compliance be measured on an annual basis; [and]
   j.  procedures  requiring  the  documentation of compliance with regu-
 lations adopted pursuant to section thirteen  hundred  seventy-seven  of
 the  public  health  law  as a condition to issuance of a certificate of
 occupancy or certificate of compliance following a periodic fire  safety
 and property maintenance inspection for multiple dwellings[.];
   K.  IN  THE  EVENT  A  COMPLAINT  IS MADE TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR THE
 SECRETARY WHICH RESULTS IN THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 ANY  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  POWERS  GRANTED BY SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE OR SECTION THREE HUNDRED  SEVENTY-
 NINE  OF  THIS ARTICLE TO REMEDY ANY CONDITION FOUND TO EXIST IN, ON, OR
 ABOUT ANY BUILDING IN VIOLATION OF ANY REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE
 POWERS GRANTED BY SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE OR
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDING OF SUCH
 ORDER IN PERSON OR BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL  TO  THE  COMPLAINANT
 WHO INITIALLY REPORTED SUCH VIOLATION.
   §  3.  Subdivision  1 of section 382 of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   1. In addition to and not in limitation of any power otherwise granted
 by law, every local government and its authorized agents shall have  the
 power  to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist
 in, on or about any building in violation of the uniform fire prevention
 and building code and to issue appearance tickets for violations of  the
 uniform code.  A COPY OF AN ORDER SERVED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION OR
 ANY  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  POWERS  GRANTED BY SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE OR SECTION THREE HUNDRED  SEVENTY-
 NINE  OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO A COMPLAINANT IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE POWERS GRANTED
 BY SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE OR SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH K OF SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, IF  SUCH
 ORDER WAS ISSUED AS A RESULT OF A COMPLAINT MADE BY AN INDIVIDUAL.
   §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 section two of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
 same  manner  as  section 3 of part T of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023,
 takes effect.