Bill Text: NY S07137 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires that any plumbing or electrical work on a school building be performed by a licensed master plumber or licensed electrician if required by a local municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2010-10-01 - VETOED MEMO.6825 [S07137 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S07137-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7137--B
Cal. No. 1137
I N S E N A T E
March 16, 2010
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Introduced by Sen. FOLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- committee discharged and said bill committed to
the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the education law and the general municipal law, in
relation to requiring that certain plumbing or electrical work on a
school building be performed by a licensed master plumber or licensed
electrician
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 VALUED AT OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT
5 CONTRACTOR OR FIRM ON ANY SCHOOL BUILDING OR APPURTENANT FACILITIES
6 SHALL BE SUPERVISED AND/OR COMPLETED BY A LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER OR
7 LICENSED ELECTRICIAN AS APPROPRIATE, IF REQUIRED BY A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
8 WHERE THE BUILDING OR FACILITY IS LOCATED. SUCH MASTER PLUMBER OR ELEC-
9 TRICIAN SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF HIS OR HER VALID LICENSE PRIOR TO
10 COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK DESIGNATED IN THE BID IF A LICENSE IS REQUIRED
11 BY A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE BUILDING OR FACILITY IS LOCATED OR IF
12 IT IS UNDER THE THRESHOLD REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED ONE
13 OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR SHALL SUBMIT A COPY
14 OF THE LICENSE FOR THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTORS. NO MUNIC-
15 IPAL PERMIT OR INSPECTION IS 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 VALUED AT OVER TEN THOUSAND
19 DOLLARS PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR FIRM ON ANY SCHOOL
20 BUILDING OR APPURTENANT FACILITIES SHALL BE SUPERVISED AND/OR COMPLETED
21 BY A LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER OR LICENSED ELECTRICIAN AS APPROPRIATE, IF
22 REQUIRED BY A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE BUILDING OR FACILITY IS
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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S. 7137--B 2
1 LOCATED. SUCH MASTER PLUMBER OR ELECTRICIAN SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF HIS
2 OR HER VALID LICENSE PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK DESIGNATED IN THE
3 BID IF A LICENSE IS REQUIRED BY A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE BUILDING
4 OR FACILITY IS LOCATED OR IF IT IS UNDER THE THRESHOLD REQUIRED PURSUANT
5 TO THIS SECTION, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF THE
6 LICENSE FOR THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTORS. NO MUNICIPAL
7 PERMIT OR INSPECTION IS REQUIRED.
8 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
