Bill Text: NY S08407 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a municipal corporation from prohibiting the issuing of a permit for the construction of any new commercial, residential, or mixed-use building on the basis that such building will be a mixed-fuel building.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-24 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S08407 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08407-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8407

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 24, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
          the  denial  of a building permit on the basis that such building will
          be a mixed-fuel building

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

     1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
     2  section 99-y to read as follows:
     3    § 99-y. Prohibition on mixed-fuel buildings. 1.  No  municipal  corpo-
     4  ration  shall  prohibit  the issuing of a permit for the construction of
     5  any new commercial, residential, or mixed-use building on the basis that
     6  such building will be a mixed-fuel building.
     7    2. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
     8  ing meanings:
     9    a. "Mixed-use building" shall mean a building used for  both  residen-
    10  tial and commercial purposes.
    11    b. "Mixed-fuel building" shall mean a building that uses a combination
    12  of  electricity and natural gas, propane, or oil to meet building energy
    13  needs.
    14    c. "Building energy needs" shall mean all space conditioning including
    15  heating and cooling, water heating including  pools  and  spas,  cooking
    16  appliances and clothes drying appliances.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14795-01-2