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

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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--A
                                                                Cal. No. 127

                               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, RAGA -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Governmental Operations --  advanced  to  a  third
          reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from
          the  Senate,  vote  reconsidered,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place on the order of third reading

        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

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