Bill Text: NY A04078 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires dangerous or unsafe structural conditions in structures in New York city to be reported upon knowledge thereof by owners, agents, employees, and engineers; provides that failure to do so by a licensed engineer is professional misconduct to be punished by suspension of license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-11 - enacting clause stricken [A04078 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A04078-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4078
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 1, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, ROSENTHAL, MILLMAN, CYMBROWITZ, MARKEY,
COLTON, PHEFFER, MAISEL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CANESTRARI,
COOK, FARRELL, GOTTFRIED, LANCMAN, MAYERSOHN, WEISENBERG -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
education law, in relation to reporting certain structural problems to
the New York city department of buildings and penalties for noncompli-
ance by licensed engineers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 28-216.1.3 to read as follows:
3 S 28-216.1.3 NOTIFICATION BY OWNER. IF ANY STRUCTURE OR PART OF ANY
4 STRUCTURE IS DISCOVERED OR KNOWN TO BE DANGEROUS OR UNSAFE STRUCTURALLY
5 BY THE OWNER THEREOF, BY ANY AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF THE OWNER, OR BY ANY
6 LICENSED ENGINEER, SUCH PERSON SHALL NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT THEREOF WITH-
7 IN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF SUCH PERSON'S MAKING SUCH DISCOVERY OR ACQUIR-
8 ING SUCH KNOWLEDGE.
9 S 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6510-a to
10 read as follows:
11 S 6510-A. ADDITIONAL DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; FAILURE OF
12 ENGINEERS TO MAKE CERTAIN REPORTS. ANY LICENSED ENGINEER WHO FAILS TO
13 REPORT A DANGEROUS OR UNSAFE CONDITION AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 28-216.1.3
14 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL BE GUILTY OF
15 PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT AND SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER LICENSE SUSPENDED UPON
16 A FINDING OF GUILT THEREOF.
17 S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
18 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05428-01-1
