Bill Text: NY A06814 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires fire-resistant material applicators to undergo training and certification; imposes fines for violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-29 - print number 6814a [A06814 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06814-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6814--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
          Governmental  Operations 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 fire-resistant materi-
          al applicator training

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

     1    Section 1. Section 155-a of the executive law is amended by adding two
     2  new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
     3    6. "Fire-resistant material" shall mean cementitious or fibrous  mate-
     4  rials  that  are  sprayed  onto  a  surface  to  provide  fire-resistant
     5  protection of the substrate.
     6    7. "Fire-resistant material applicator" shall mean an  individual  who
     7  applies fire-resistant material.
     8    §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 159-b to
     9  read as follows:
    10    § 159-b. Fire-resistant material applicators training. 1.   The  state
    11  fire  administrator  shall  develop  and  conduct a training program for
    12  fire-resistant material applicators. The state fire administrator  shall
    13  promulgate rules and regulations including, but not limited to:
    14    (a) Minimum courses of study, informed by manufacturer specifications,
    15  and  attendance and registration requirements for such training program;
    16  and
    17    (b) Requirements to be  eligible  and  receive  a  certification  upon
    18  completion of such training program.
    19    2. Every fire-resistant material applicator shall complete such train-
    20  ing and obtain a certification.
    21    3.  Any  person  applying fire-resistant material who does not receive
    22  the training and obtain a certification as required by  subdivision  two
    23  of  this  section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars
    24  for each violation.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10059-02-4