Establishes certain contract requirements involving glazing work; provides that certain contracts over one million and five million dollars that include glazing work to be performed outside of a city with a population of one million or more shall require such work be performed by North American Contractor Certification ("NACC") certified companies; defines glazing work.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7315
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 25, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing
certain contract requirements involving glazing work
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
136-e to read as follows:
§ 136-E. CONTRACTS INVOLVING GLAZING WORK. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL PUBLIC WORKS RENOVATION CONTRACTS THAT
EXCEED AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS, AND ALL NEW
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS THAT EXCEED AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS, THAT INCLUDE GLAZING WORK TO BE PERFORMED OUTSIDE OF A CITY
WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL REQUIRE GLAZING WORK
PERFORMED BY NORTH AMERICAN CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION ("NACC") CERTIFIED
COMPANIES AND INITIALLY, ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
SIX, SHALL HAVE ONE ARCHITECTURAL GLASS AND METAL TECHNICIAN ("AGMT")
CERTIFIED WORKER EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY OR CONTRACTOR. ON AND AFTER
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, EACH CREW PERFORMING WORK THAT
MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE ONE AGMT CERTIFIED WORKER
ON SITE. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, FOR EACH
CREW PERFORMING WORK THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THIS SECTION, TWENTY-
FIVE PERCENT OF THAT CREW SHALL BE COMPRISED OF AGMT CERTIFIED INDIVID-
UALS ON SITE. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE, FOR
EACH CREW PERFORMING WORK THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THIS SECTION, FIFTY
PERCENT OF THAT CREW SHALL BE COMPRISED OF AGMT CERTIFIED INDIVIDUALS ON
SITE.
2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "GLAZING WORK" INCLUDES, BUT IS
NOT LIMITED TO, REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS, CURTAIN WALLS,
INTERIOR GLASS PARTITIONS, GLASS HANDRAILS, ALUMINUM ENTRANCES,
SKYLIGHTS, STORE FRONTS, AND GENERAL INSTALLATION OF ARCHITECTURAL GLASS
AND METAL.
§ 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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