Bill Text: NY S05038 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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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) 2010-05-19 - PRINT NUMBER 5038C [S05038 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05038-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5038--C
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced by Sens. HASSELL-THOMPSON, DIAZ, HUNTLEY, ONORATO, OPPENHEIM-
         ER,  SAMPSON, SERRANO, THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
         nications -- reported favorably from said committee and  committed  to
         the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
         recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Energy  and Telecommunications in
         accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
         amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
         tee -- reported favorably from said committee  and  committed  to  the
         Committee  on  Finance  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07907-11-0
       S. 5038--C                          2
    1  BUILDINGS WITH FLAT ROOFS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE COOL ROOF STANDARDS  AND
    2  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  OFFICE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF
    3  THIS SECTION. SUCH STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE  THE  USE  OF
    4  MATERIALS AND/OR METHODS INCLUDING, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
    5    (I) INHERENTLY COOL ROOFING MATERIALS SUCH AS WHITE VINYL;
    6    (II) COATED ROOFS AND WHITE PAINT BASED PRODUCTS;
    7    (III) GREEN ROOFS USING PLANT-BASED MATERIALS FOR INSULATION COVER.
    8    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    9  manner as section three of chapter  380  of  the  laws  of  2009,  takes
   10  effect.