Bill Text: NY S07115 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the appointment of a member from the state's largest agricultural advocacy organization for agricultural representation on the state fire prevention and building code council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S07115 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07115-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7115

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 1, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development

        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to the appointment for
          agricultural representation on the state fire prevention and  building
          code council

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 374 of the executive law, as added
     2  by chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, the opening paragraph as amended  by
     3  chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, paragraph a as amended by section 96 of
     4  subpart  B  of part C and as further amended by section 104 of part A of
     5  chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, subdivision c as amended by chapter  920
     6  of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
     7    1.  There is hereby created and established in the department of state
     8  a council, to be known as the state fire prevention  and  building  code
     9  council. Such council shall consist of the secretary of state, as chair-
    10  man, the state fire administrator and [fifteen] sixteen other members to
    11  be appointed as follows:
    12    a.  Two  members,  to  be  appointed  by  the governor, from among the
    13  commissioners of the departments of  economic  development,  corrections
    14  and  community  supervision, education, health, labor, mental health and
    15  social services, office of general services,  division  of  housing  and
    16  community renewal, and the superintendent of financial services.
    17    b.  Six members, to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be
    18  an elected official of a city with a population over one million, one of
    19  whom shall be an elected official of another city with a population over
    20  one hundred thousand, one of whom shall be an elected  official  of  any
    21  other city, one of whom shall be an elected county official, one of whom
    22  shall  be  an elected town official, and one of whom shall be an elected
    23  village official.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01279-01-1
        S. 7115                             2

     1    c. Seven members, to be appointed by the governor with the advice  and
     2  consent of the senate, one of whom shall be a fire service official, one
     3  of  whom shall be a registered architect, one of whom shall be a profes-
     4  sional engineer, one of whom shall be a code enforcement  official,  one
     5  of  whom  shall  represent  builders,  one of whom shall represent trade
     6  unions, and one of whom shall be a person with a disability  as  defined
     7  in  section  two  hundred  ninety-two of this chapter who would directly
     8  benefit from the provisions of article thirteen  of  the  state  uniform
     9  fire  prevention and building code. The registered architect and profes-
    10  sional engineer shall be duly  licensed  to  practice  their  respective
    11  professions  in  the  state of New York. After the certification of code
    12  enforcement personnel pursuant to this chapter  shall  have  begun  said
    13  code enforcement official shall be so certified.
    14    d. One member, to be appointed by the governor, from the state's larg-
    15  est agricultural advocacy organization.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.