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Assembly Bill A9058

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires biannual certification of cooling towers

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2025-A9058 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8472
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§28-317.5 & 17-194.1, NYC Ad Cd

2025-A9058 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires biannual certification of cooling towers; increases penalties for violations of such reporting requirements.

2025-A9058 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9058
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Cities
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to requiring biannual certification of cooling towers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 28-317.5 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York, as amended by section 3 of part A of local law number  126  of
 the city of New York for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 28-317.5 [Annual] BIANNUAL certification. The owner or operator of a
 cooling  tower shall file [an annual] A BIANNUAL certification that such
 cooling tower was inspected, tested, cleaned and disinfected in  compli-
 ance with section 17-194.1 of [the administrative code] THIS CHAPTER and
 the  rules  of  the  department of health and mental hygiene, and that a
 maintenance program and plan  has  been  developed  and  implemented  as
 required by such section. Such BIANNUAL certification shall be submitted
 [by  November  first]  IN  JANUARY AND JULY of each year, or by [a date]
 DATES otherwise specified in the rules of the  department.  [Consecutive
 annual  certifications  shall  be submitted at least 90 days apart.] The
 department of health and mental hygiene shall send an electronic remind-
 er to each owner or operator of a cooling tower at least 30 days  before
 [such]  EACH certification submission deadline. Such electronic reminder
 shall include a link to the website where such  [certification]  CERTIF-
 ICATIONS may be submitted.
   §  2. Subdivision e, paragraph 1 of subdivision h, subparagraph (i) of
 paragraph 2 of subdivision i and the opening paragraph of subdivision  l
 of  section 17-194.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York,
 subdivision e and subparagraph (i) of paragraph 2 of  subdivision  i  as
 added  by local law number 77 of the city of New York for the year 2015,
 paragraph 1 of subdivision h as amended by local law number  76  of  the
 city  of New York for the year 2019, and the opening paragraph of subdi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13604-01-5
              

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