Bill Text: NY A05249 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Directs the state fire prevention and building code council to update the state fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code within 18 months of the publication of any updated or revised edition of the international and national codes relating thereto, so as to ensure that the state's codes reflect such revisions and updates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A05249 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05249-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Directs the state fire prevention and building code council to update the state fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code within 18 months of the publication of any updated or revised edition of the international and national codes relating thereto, so as to ensure that the state's codes reflect such revisions and updates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A05249 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05249-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5249 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER, PEOPLES-STOKES, WALLACE, JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law and the energy law, in relation to requiring the updating of the state uniform fire prevention and build- ing code and the state energy conservation construction code on the basis of update of certain international codes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 377 of the executive law is renum- 2 bered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows: 3 2. Each time a revised or updated edition of the International Build- 4 ing Code, the International Fire Code, the International Residential 5 Code, the International Plumbing Code, the International Mechanical 6 Code, the International Fuel Gas Code, the International Existing Build- 7 ing Code, the International Property Maintenance Code or the National 8 Electrical Code is published, the council shall, eighteen months after 9 publication of a revised or updated edition, cause the uniform fire 10 prevention and building code to be updated to reflect changes in any 11 such revised or updated edition. To the extent that the uniform fire 12 prevention and building code has not been updated to reflect changes in 13 any such revised or updated edition as of the effective date of this 14 subdivision, the council shall, as soon as practicable and no later than 15 eighteen months after the effective date of this subdivision, cause the 16 uniform fire prevention and building code to be updated to reflect such 17 changes. 18 § 2. Section 11-101 of the energy law, as amended by chapter 516 of 19 the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: 20 § 11-101. Purpose. In furtherance of the [policy] policies set forth 21 in subdivision two of section 3-101 of this chapter and in chapter one 22 hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen enacting the New York 23 state climate leadership and community protection act, the legislature EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06858-01-3A. 5249 2 1 hereby directs that a state energy conservation construction code be 2 adopted to protect the health, safety and security of the people of the 3 state and to assure a continuing supply of energy for future generations 4 and that such code mandate that [economically] reasonable energy conser- 5 vation techniques be used in the design and construction of all public 6 and private buildings in the state. 7 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 11-103 of the energy law, as amended by 8 chapter 374 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 9 2. (a) The state fire prevention and building code council is author- 10 ized, from time to time as it deems appropriate and consistent with the 11 purposes of this article, to review and amend the code, or adopt a new 12 code, through rules and regulations provided that the code remains cost 13 effective with respect to building construction in the state. In deter- 14 mining whether the code remains cost effective, the code council shall 15 consider (i) whether the life-cycle costs for a building will be recov- 16 ered through savings in energy costs over the design life of the build- 17 ing under a life-cycle cost analysis performed under methodology as 18 established by the New York state energy research and development 19 authority in regulations which may be updated from time to time, and 20 (ii) secondary or societal effects, such as reductions in greenhouse gas 21 emissions, as defined in regulations. Before publication of a notice of 22 proposed rule making establishing the methodology or defining secondary 23 or societal effects, the president of the authority shall conduct public 24 meetings to provide meaningful opportunities for public comment from all 25 segments of the population that would be impacted by the regulations, 26 including persons living in disadvantaged communities as identified by 27 the climate justice working group established under section 75-0111 of 28 the environmental conservation law. For residential buildings, the code 29 shall meet or exceed the then most recently published International 30 Energy Conservation Code, or achieve equivalent or greater energy 31 savings; and for commercial buildings, the code shall meet or exceed the 32 then most recently published [ASHRAE] ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, 33 or achieve equivalent or greater energy savings. 34 (b) When adopting the first amended version of the code next following 35 the effective date of [the] chapter three hundred seventy-four of the 36 laws of two thousand twenty-two [that added this paragraph] and any 37 subsequent codes, the state fire prevention and building code council 38 shall, as soon as practicable and no later than eighteen months after 39 the publication of each revised or updated edition of the International 40 Energy Conservation Code or the ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, use its 41 best efforts to adopt provisions for residential buildings that achieve 42 energy savings greater than energy savings achieved by the then most 43 recently published International Energy Conservation Code and to adopt 44 provisions for commercial buildings that achieve energy savings greater 45 than energy savings achieved by the then most recently published 46 [ASHRAE] ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, both at levels recommended by 47 the New York state energy research and development authority, provided 48 that the state fire prevention and building code council determines that 49 such advanced energy savings can be achieved while still meeting the 50 cost effectiveness considerations contemplated by this subdivision. 51 (c) The state fire prevention and building code council shall, as soon 52 as practicable and no later than eighteen months after the publication 53 of each revised or updated edition of the International Energy Conserva- 54 tion Code or the ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, cause the state energy 55 conservation construction code to be updated to reflect changes in any 56 such revised or updated edition. To the extent that the state energyA. 5249 3 1 conservation construction code has not been updated to reflect changes 2 in any such revised or updated edition as of the effective date of this 3 paragraph, the council shall, as soon as practicable and no later than 4 eighteen months after the effective date of this paragraph, cause the 5 state energy conservation construction code to be updated to reflect 6 such changes. 7 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
