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                                  2457--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  establishing
   the mechanical insulation energy savings program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1885 to read as follows:
   §  1885. MECHANICAL INSULATION ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM. 1. DEFINITIONS.
 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "APPLICANT" SHALL  MEAN  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  PUBLIC  HOSPITAL,
 PUBLIC  HOUSING  BUILDING,  OR  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION AS DEFINED IN THE
 GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, WITH A BUILDING OR BUILDINGS THAT HAVE  A  POTEN-
 TIAL  NEED FOR MECHANICAL INSULATION UPGRADES.  THE MINIMUM SIZE FOR ANY
 SINGLE BUILDING TO BE CONSIDERED SHALL BE TWENTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
   (B) "MECHANICAL INSULATION" SHALL MEAN INSULATION  MATERIALS,  FACINGS
 AND  ACCESSORY  PRODUCTS  USED  FOR  THERMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MECHANICAL
 PIPING AND EQUIPMENT, HOT AND COLD APPLICATIONS,  HEATING,  VENTILATION,
 AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPLICATIONS.
   (C)  "QUALIFIED  AUDIT"  SHALL MEAN A MECHANICAL INSULATION AUDIT OF A
 BUILDING BY A QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR, WHICH IDENTIFIES MISSING, DAMAGED OR
 IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MECHANICAL INSULATION. SUCH AUDIT SHALL INCLUDE  AN
 ESTIMATE  OF  INSTALLATION  COSTS  ALONG  WITH ESTIMATED ENERGY AND COST
 SAVINGS. SUCH AUDIT SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR AT  NO
 COST TO THE AUTHORITY OR APPLICANT.
   (D)  "QUALIFIED  MECHANICAL  INSULATION  EXPENDITURES"  SHALL MEAN THE
 PURCHASE OF INSULATION MATERIALS, FACINGS AND  ACCESSORY  PRODUCTS  USED
 FOR  THERMAL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR MECHANICAL PIPING AND EQUIPMENT, HOT AND
 COLD APPLICATIONS, AND HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPLI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06367-03-5
              

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 CATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED LABOR COSTS  PROPERLY  ALLOCABLE  TO  ON-SITE
 PREPARATION, ASSEMBLY AND ORIGINAL INSTALLATION, SO LONG AS PERFORMED BY
 A QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-B AND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-I OF THE LABOR LAW.
   (E) "QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR" SHALL MEAN AN INSULATION CONTRACTOR THAT IS
 PARTY  TO  AN  APPRENTICESHIP  AGREEMENT,  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION EIGHT
 HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF THE LABOR LAW, WHICH IS IN GOOD STANDING, APPROPRIATE
 FOR THE TYPE AND SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED,  INCLUDING  THE  MINIMUM
 AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF HEATING, REFRIGERATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING ENGI-
 NEERS STANDARD 90.1-2007, PROVIDING THE ENERGY  STANDARD  FOR  BUILDINGS
 EXCEPT LOW-RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
   2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH AN AUDIT PROCESS WHEREBY AN APPLICANT
 MAY REQUEST A QUALIFIED AUDIT. SUCH AUDIT, IF APPROVED BY THE AUTHORITY,
 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT AT NO COST.
   3.  AS  PART  OF  THIS  PROGRAM,  THE AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE GRANTS FOR
 APPLICANTS THAT HAVE COMPLETED A QUALIFIED AUDIT, WHICH WILL  COVER  ONE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED MECHANICAL INSULATION EXPENDITURES.
   4.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS AND IDENTIFY
 ELIGIBLE FUNDING TO CREATE  THE  MECHANICAL  INSULATION  ENERGY  SAVINGS
 PROGRAM  AND  CREATE  GUIDELINES FOR PREFERRED APPLICANTS, BUILDINGS AND
 ENERGY SAVINGS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.