Bill Text: NY A02829 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the secretary of state to establish standards for a program of inspection and certification of green roofs prior to and after installation, including standards for environmentally acceptable chemical fertilizers and the testing of runoff water for evidence of environmentally unacceptable chemical fertilizers; further establishes a green roof installation credit in the amount of fifty-five percent of qualified expenditures with a credit maximum of five thousand dollars.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-14 - print number 2829a [A02829 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02829-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2829--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF, COLTON, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of A. LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, THIELE -- read once  and  referred
          to  the  Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation in  accordance  with  Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  pre-installation
          review  and certification of green roof materials and to amend the tax
          law, in relation to establishing a green roof installation credit
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 94-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 94-c. Green roof inspection and certification.    1.  The  secretary
     4  shall  develop and implement a program to evaluate and set standards for
     5  the plant material utilized in green roof construction in the state  and
     6  for  environmentally acceptable chemical fertilizers used in the mainte-
     7  nance  of  green  roofs.    Such  program  shall  include  criteria  for
     8  inspection  and  certification of green roof plans prior to installation
     9  and inspection after installation.  Such pre-installation  criteria  for
    10  certification  shall  include,  but  not be limited to:   height, growth
    11  rate,  drought  tolerance,  root  systems,  irrigation  or   nutritional
    12  requirements,  maintenance  requirements,  production of seeds likely to
    13  invade nearby landscapes,  generation  of  allergens  and  remedial  air
    14  filtration. The commissioner shall implement a program to inform commer-
    15  cial  installers and the public of any prohibitions and recommendations.
    16  Inspection after installation shall include, in addition to  pre-instal-
    17  lation  criteria,  the testing of runoff water for environmentally unac-
    18  ceptable chemical fertilizers.
    19    2. The secretary may delegate to qualified  personnel  of  county  and
    20  city  building  inspectors  his  or her duties of review and approval of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01438-02-6