Senate Bill S3406

                             
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                                   3406
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, SEPULVEDA, WEBB
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding remedies for
   violations of New York state uniform fire prevention and building code

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  382 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 571 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new  subdi-
 vision 2-a is added to read as follows:
   2.  Any person, having been served, either personally or by registered
 or certified mail, with an order to remedy any condition, OTHER  THAN  A
 CONDITION THAT IS DEEMED AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF
 THE  BUILDING'S  OCCUPANTS, found to exist in, on, or about any building
 in violation of the uniform fire prevention and building code, who shall
 fail to comply with such order within the time fixed by the  regulations
 promulgated  by  the  secretary  pursuant  to subdivision one of section
 three hundred eighty-one of this article, such time period to be  stated
 in  the  order,  and  any owner, builder, architect, tenant, contractor,
 subcontractor, construction superintendent or their agents or any  other
 person  taking part or assisting in the construction of any building who
 shall knowingly violate any of the applicable provisions of the  uniform
 code  or  any lawful order of a local government, a county or the secre-
 tary made thereunder regarding standards for construction,  maintenance,
 or  fire protection equipment and systems, shall be punishable by a fine
 of not more than one thousand dollars per day of violation, or imprison-
 ment not exceeding one year, or both for the first  one  hundred  eighty
 days,  and for the following one hundred eighty days shall be punishable
 by a fine of no less than twenty-five dollars  and  not  more  than  one
 thousand  dollars per day of violation or imprisonment not exceeding one
 year, or both and thereafter shall be punishable by a fine  of  no  less
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 than  fifty  dollars  and  not more than one thousand dollars per day of
 violation or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.
   2-A.  ANY  PERSON,  HAVING BEEN SERVED, EITHER PERSONALLY OR BY REGIS-
 TERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, WITH AN ORDER TO REMEDY A CONDITION THAT IS  AN
 IMMINENT THREAT TO THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE BUILDING'S OCCUPANTS AS
 DETERMINED  BY  THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ITS AUTHORIZED AGENTS, FOUND TO
 EXIST IN, ON, OR ABOUT ANY BUILDING IN VIOLATION  OF  THE  UNIFORM  FIRE
 PREVENTION  AND  BUILDING CODE, WHO SHALL FAIL TO COMPLY WITH SUCH ORDER
 WITHIN THE TIME FIXED BY THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  BY  THE  SECRETARY
 PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS
 ARTICLE, SUCH TIME PERIOD TO BE STATED IN  THE  ORDER,  AND  ANY  OWNER,
 BUILDER,  ARCHITECT,  TENANT,  CONTRACTOR,  SUBCONTRACTOR,  CONSTRUCTION
 SUPERINTENDENT OR THEIR AGENTS  OR  ANY  OTHER  PERSON  TAKING  PART  OR
 ASSISTING  IN  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OF  ANY  BUILDING  WHO SHALL KNOWINGLY
 VIOLATE ANY OF THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF  THE  UNIFORM  CODE  OR  ANY
 LAWFUL ORDER OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, A COUNTY OR THE SECRETARY MADE THER-
 EUNDER  REGARDING  STANDARDS  FOR  CONSTRUCTION,  MAINTENANCE,  OR  FIRE
 PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A  FINE  OF  NO
 LESS  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
 PER DAY OF VIOLATION OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING ONE  YEAR,  OR  BOTH,
 FOR  THE  FIRST OCCURRENCE OF A VIOLATION FOR ANY BUILDING OWNED BY SUCH
 PERSON. A PERSON'S SECOND VIOLATION RELATED TO  ANY  PROPERTY  OWNED  BY
 SUCH  PERSON  FOR  A  CONDITION THAT IS DEEMED AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE
 SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE BUILDING'S OCCUPANTS, SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A
 FINE NO LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO MORE  THAN  TEN  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  PER DAY OF VIOLATION OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR, OR
 BOTH. A PERSON'S THIRD VIOLATION RELATED TO ANY PROPERTY OWNED  BY  SUCH
 PERSON  FOR  A CONDITION THAT IS DEEMED AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE SAFETY
 AND WELFARE OF THE BUILDING'S OCCUPANTS, SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY  A  FINE
 NO  LESS  THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY OF VIOLATION OR IMPRISONMENT
 NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR, OR BOTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.