Bill Text: NY S00967 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the use of cool roofs on new construction or substantially renovated state-owned buildings; relates to establishing the state green building construction act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S00967 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00967-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          967
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sens. HASSELL-THOMPSON, DIAZ, HUNTLEY, OPPENHEIMER, SAMP-
         SON, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
         committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations
       AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to authorizing the
         use of cool roofs on new or substantially renovated state-owned build-
         ings
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 83 of the
    2  public  buildings  law, as added by chapter 380 of the laws of 2009, are
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    Agency green building AND  COOL  ROOF  construction  requirements.  1.
    5  [The]  (A)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  MINIMIZING  THE CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY AND
    6  PROVIDING FOR THE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES EXPENDED IN THE USE
    7  AND OCCUPANCY OF STATE BUILDINGS, THE construction of new buildings  and
    8  the  substantial renovation of existing buildings shall comply with such
    9  green construction requirements and procedures as shall have been estab-
   10  lished by the office in regulations pursuant to subdivision two of  this
   11  section.
   12    (B)  FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING SOLAR REFLECTANCE AND THERMAL EMIT-
   13  TANCE OF AGENCY BUILDINGS, NEW CONSTRUCTION  OF  AGENCY  BUILDINGS  WITH
   14  FLAT  ROOFS  OR  SUBSTANTIAL  RENOVATION OF THE ROOF SUBSYSTEM OF AGENCY
   15  BUILDINGS WITH FLAT ROOFS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE COOL ROOF STANDARDS  AND
   16  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  OFFICE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF
   17  THIS SECTION. SUCH STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE  THE  USE  OF
   18  MATERIALS AND/OR METHODS INCLUDING, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   19    (I) INHERENTLY COOL ROOFING MATERIALS SUCH AS WHITE VINYL;
   20    (II) COATED ROOFS AND WHITE PAINT BASED PRODUCTS;
   21    (III) GREEN ROOFS USING PLANT-BASED MATERIALS FOR INSULATION COVER.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01557-01-1