Bill Text: NY A06814 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Requires fire-resistant material applicators to undergo training and certification; imposes fines for violations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-22 - reported referred to rules [A06814 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A06814-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Requires fire-resistant material applicators to undergo training and certification; imposes fines for violations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-22 - reported referred to rules [A06814 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A06814-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6814 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to fire-resistant materi- al applicator training and registration The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 155-a of the executive law is amended by adding two 2 new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows: 3 6. "Fire-resistant material" shall mean cementitious or fibrous mate- 4 rials that are sprayed onto a surface to provide fire-resistant 5 protection of the substrate. 6 7. "Fire-resistant material applicator" shall mean an individual who 7 applies fire-resistant material. 8 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 159-b to 9 read as follows: 10 § 159-b. Fire-resistant material applicators; registration; fines. 1. 11 (a) Every fire-resistant material applicator shall: 12 (i) undergo training to apply fire-resistant material according to 13 manufacturer specifications; and 14 (ii) annually register with the office of fire prevention and control. 15 (b) When a fire-resistant material applicator satisfactorily completes 16 training and registers as required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision, 17 the state fire administrator shall issue a certificate which states that 18 such applicator is certified to apply fire-resistant material. 19 2. Any person applying fire-resistant material who does not receive 20 the training, register, and obtain a certificate as required by subdivi- 21 sion one of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty 22 dollars for each violation. 23 3. The office of fire prevention and control shall develop a training 24 program and registration procedure for fire-resistant material applica- 25 tors pursuant to subdivision one of this section. 26 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10059-01-3