Bill Text: NY A04963 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that when a complaint is made to local code enforcement of a violation of the uniform fire prevention and building code which results in the issuance of a compliance order, the complainant shall also be provided a copy of such order.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A04963 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04963-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4963

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring that when a
          complaint is made to local code enforcement  of  a  violation  of  the
          uniform  fire  prevention and building code which results in the issu-
          ance of a compliance order, the complainant shall also be  provided  a
          copy of such order

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs h and i of subdivision 1 of section 381  of  the
     2  executive  law, as added by chapter 560 of the laws of 2010, are amended
     3  and a new paragraph j is added to read as follows:
     4    h. minimum basic training and  in-service  training  requirements  for
     5  personnel charged with administration and enforcement of the state ener-
     6  gy conservation construction code; [and]
     7    i.  standards and procedures for measuring the rate of compliance with
     8  the state energy conservation construction code, and provisions  requir-
     9  ing that such rate of compliance be measured on an annual basis[.];
    10    j.  in  the  event  a  complaint  is made to a local government or the
    11  secretary which results in the issuance of an order in  accordance  with
    12  19  NYCRR 1202.5 to remedy any condition found to exist in, on, or about
    13  any building in violation of the uniform fire  prevention  and  building
    14  code,  providing  of  such order in person or by registered or certified
    15  mail to the complainant who initially reported such violation.
    16    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 382 of the executive law,  as  added  by
    17  chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
    18    1. In addition to and not in limitation of any power otherwise granted
    19  by  law, every local government and its authorized agents shall have the
    20  power to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to  exist
    21  in, on or about any building in violation of the uniform fire prevention
    22  and  building code and to issue appearance tickets for violations of the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01948-01-3
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     1  uniform code.  A copy of an order served pursuant to this subdivision or
     2  19 NYCRR 1202.5 shall also be provided to a  complainant  in  accordance
     3  with  the  minimum  rules  and  regulations established by the secretary
     4  pursuant  to  paragraph  j  of  subdivision one of section three hundred
     5  eighty-one of this article, if such order was issued as a  result  of  a
     6  complaint made by an individual.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.