Bill Text: NY A06824 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6824 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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 12 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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes [A06824 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06824-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6824
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 21, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- 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, within twelve months of
     9  such 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.
    12    § 2. Section 11-101 of the energy law, as amended by  chapter  516  of
    13  the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
    14    § 11-101. Purpose.  In furtherance of the policy set forth in subdivi-
    15  sion  two  of  section  3-101  of  this  chapter, the legislature hereby
    16  directs that a state energy conservation construction code be adopted to
    17  protect the health, safety and security of the people of the  state  and
    18  to  assure a continuing supply of energy for future generations and that
    19  such code mandate that  [economically]  reasonable  energy  conservation
    20  techniques  be  used  in  the  design and construction of all public and
    21  private buildings in the state.
    22    § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 11-103 of the energy law, as amended  by
    23  chapter 560 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09608-01-7

        A. 6824                             2
     1    2. The state fire prevention and building code council [is authorized,
     2  from  time  to  time  as  it  deems  appropriate and consistent with the
     3  purposes of this article, to review and amend the code, or adopt  a  new
     4  code,  through rules and regulations provided that the code remains cost
     5  effective  with respect to building construction in the state. In deter-
     6  mining whether the code remains cost effective, the code  council  shall
     7  consider  whether  the  cost of materials and their installation to meet
     8  its standards would be equal to or less than the present value of energy
     9  savings that could be expected over a ten year period in the building in
    10  which such materials are installed. For residential buildings, the  code
    11  shall  meet  or  exceed  the  then most recently published International
    12  Energy Conservation  Code,  or  achieve  equivalent  or  greater  energy
    13  savings;  and  for  commercial  buildings, the code shall meet or exceed
    14  ASHRAE 90.1-2007, or  achieve  equivalent  or  greater  energy  savings]
    15  shall,  within  twelve  months  of  the  publication  of each revised or
    16  updated edition of the International Energy  Conservation  Code  or  the
    17  ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA  Standard  90.1,  cause  the state energy conservation
    18  construction code to be updated to reflect changes in any  such  revised
    19  or updated edition.
    20    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.