Bill Text: NY S05322 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5322 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to all plumbing and electrical work performed on school buildings in Nassau or Suffolk county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-12-29 - VETOED MEMO.582 [S05322 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5322
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 16, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law and  the  general  municipal  law,  in
         relation to plumbing and electrical work performed on school buildings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  408-c
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  408-C.  PLUMBING  AND ELECTRICAL WORK.  ALL PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
    4  WORK PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR FIRM ON ANY SCHOOL BUILD-
    5  ING OR APPURTENANT FACILITIES SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A  LICENSED  PLUMBER
    6  OR  LICENSED  ELECTRICIAN AS APPROPRIATE, IF REQUIRED BY A LOCAL MUNICI-
    7  PALITY WHERE THE BUILDING OR FACILITY IS LOCATED. SUCH LICENSED  PLUMBER
    8  OR LICENSED ELECTRICIAN SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF HIS OR HER VALID LICENSE
    9  PRIOR  TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK DESIGNATED IN THE BID IF A LICENSE IS
   10  REQUIRED BY A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY  WHERE  THE  BUILDING  OR  FACILITY  IS
   11  LOCATED  OR,  IF  IT IS UNDER THE THRESHOLD REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION
   12  ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, THEN THE GENERAL  CONTRAC-
   13  TOR  SHALL  SUBMIT  A  COPY OF THE REQUIRED LICENSE FOR THE PLUMBING AND
   14  ELECTRICAL  SUBCONTRACTORS.  NO  MUNICIPAL  PERMIT  OR   INSPECTION   IS
   15  REQUIRED.
   16    S  2.  Section 101 of the general municipal law is amended by adding a
   17  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   18    6. ALL PLUMBING  AND  ELECTRICAL  WORK  PERFORMED  BY  AN  INDEPENDENT
   19  CONTRACTOR  OR  FIRM  ON  ANY  SCHOOL BUILDING OR APPURTENANT FACILITIES
   20  SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A LICENSED  PLUMBER  OR  LICENSED  ELECTRICIAN  AS
   21  APPROPRIATE,  IF  REQUIRED BY A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE BUILDING OR
   22  FACILITY IS LOCATED. SUCH LICENSED PLUMBER OR LICENSED ELECTRICIAN SHALL
   23  PROVIDE A COPY OF HIS OR HER VALID LICENSE PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF  THE
   24  WORK  DESIGNATED  IN THE BID IF A LICENSE IS REQUIRED BY A LOCAL MUNICI-
   25  PALITY WHERE THE BUILDING OR FACILITY IS LOCATED OR, IF IT IS UNDER  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11081-01-3
       S. 5322                             2
    1  THRESHOLD REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THEN THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR
    2  SHALL  SUBMIT  A COPY OF THE REQUIRED LICENSE FOR THE PLUMBING AND ELEC-
    3  TRICAL SUBCONTRACTORS. NO MUNICIPAL PERMIT OR INSPECTION IS REQUIRED.
    4    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.