Bill Text: NY A01080 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment for agricultural representation on the state fire prevention and building code council.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-05 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A01080 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1080

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER, STIRPE, LUPARDO, CRUZ, ZINERMAN, JONES,
          BRABENEC,  ANGELINO,  BYRNES,  MILLER,   SAYEGH,   TAGUE,   MANKTELOW,
          J. M. GIGLIO, LEMONDES, COOK, GOODELL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations

        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 chapter 374
     4  of the laws of 2022, and subdivision c as amended by chapter 920 of  the
     5  laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
     6    1.  There is hereby created and established in the department of state
     7  a council, to be known as the state fire prevention  and  building  code
     8  council. Such council shall consist of the secretary of state, as chair-
     9  man, the state fire administrator and [fifteen] sixteen other members to
    10  be appointed as follows:
    11    a.  Two  members,  to  be  appointed  by  the governor, from among the
    12  commissioners of the departments of economic development,  environmental
    13  conservation,  corrections and community supervision, education, health,
    14  labor, mental health and social services, office  of  general  services,
    15  division of housing and community renewal, the president of the New York
    16  state  energy research and development authority, and the superintendent
    17  of financial services.
    18    b. Six members, to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall  be
    19  an elected official of a city with a population over one million, one of
    20  whom shall be an elected official of another city with a population over
    21  one  hundred  thousand,  one of whom shall be an elected official of any
    22  other city, one of whom shall be an elected county official, one of whom

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