S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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779
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing membership
on the state fire prevention and building code council; and to amend a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relating to the
appointment for agricultural representation on the state fire
prevention and building code council, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 1218-B and A. 1080-B, in relation to the effectiveness
thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 374 of the executive law, as
amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law
relating to the appointment for agricultural representation on the state
fire prevention and building code council, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 1218-B and A. 1080-B, is amended to read as follows:
1. There is hereby created and established in the department of state
a council, to be known as the state fire prevention and building code
council. Such council shall consist of the secretary of state, as
[chairman] CHAIRPERSON, the state fire administrator and [sixteen]
SEVENTEEN other members to be appointed as follows:
a. [Two] THREE members, to be appointed by the governor, from among
the commissioners of the departments of economic development, environ-
mental conservation, corrections and community supervision, education,
health, labor, AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, mental health and social
services, office of general services, division of housing and community
renewal, the president of the New York state energy research and devel-
opment authority, and the superintendent of financial services.
b. Six members, to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be
an elected official of a city with a population over one million, one of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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whom shall be an elected official of another city with a population over
one hundred thousand, one of whom shall be an elected official of any
other city, one of whom shall be an elected county official, one of whom
shall be an elected town official, and one of whom shall be an elected
village official.
c. Eight members, to be appointed by the governor with the advice and
consent of the senate, one of whom shall be a fire service official, one
of whom shall be a registered architect, one of whom shall be a profes-
sional engineer, one of whom shall be a code enforcement official, one
of whom shall represent builders, one of whom shall represent trade
unions, one of whom shall represent agricultural producers, and one of
whom shall be a person with a disability as defined in section two
hundred ninety-two of this chapter who would directly benefit from the
provisions of article thirteen of the state uniform fire prevention and
building code. The registered architect and professional engineer shall
be duly licensed to practice their respective professions in the state
of New York. After the certification of code enforcement personnel
pursuant to this chapter shall have begun said code enforcement official
shall be so certified.
§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 374 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 374 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
3. The council shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the
[chairman] CHAIRPERSON. Additional meetings may be called upon at least
five days' notice by the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON or by petition of five
members of the council.
§ 3. The opening paragraph of paragraph a of subdivision 9 of section
374 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 1989,
is amended to read as follows:
The [chairman] CHAIRPERSON of the council shall appoint an advisory
board on assistive listening systems in places of public assembly for
the purposes of providing the full council with recommendations for
standards for such systems. Such advisory board shall consist of the
state fire administrator, who shall serve as [chairman] CHAIRPERSON, and
six other members to be appointed as follows:
§ 4. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive
law relating to the appointment for agricultural representation on the
state fire prevention and building code council, as proposed in legisla-
tive bills numbers S. 1218-B and A. 1080-B, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect [immediately] JULY 1, 2025.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law
relating to the appointment for agricultural representation on the state
fire prevention and building code council, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 1218-B and A. 1080-B, takes effect.