Bill Text: NY S05587 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes the Safe and Healthy Homes Commission to evaluate how the administration and enforcement of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code can be enhanced or assisted by the State Legislature and any agency of New York State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S05587 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05587-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5587
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 8, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development
        AN  ACT  establishing  the Safe and Healthy Homes Commission to evaluate
          how the administration and enforcement of the New York  State  Uniform
          Fire  Prevention  and Building Code can be enhanced or assisted by the
          State Legislature and any agency of New York State; and providing  for
          the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. A commission, to be known as the  Safe  and  Healthy  Homes
     2  Commission,  is  hereby  created  to evaluate how the administration and
     3  enforcement of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention  and  Building
     4  Code,  hereinafter referred to as the "Uniform Code", can be enhanced or
     5  assisted by the State Legislature and any agency of New York State.
     6    § 2. The commission shall be composed of  ten  members,  appointed  as
     7  follows:  two  members  shall  be appointed by the governor; two members
     8  shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; two members shall  be
     9  appointed  by  the minority leader of the assembly; two members shall be
    10  appointed by the temporary president of  the  senate;  and  two  members
    11  shall  be appointed by the minority leader of the senate. The commission
    12  shall be chaired by a person chosen by a  majority  vote  at  the  first
    13  meeting  of the commission. The vice-chairperson of the commission shall
    14  be appointed by the chairperson. Vacancies  in  the  membership  of  the
    15  commission  shall be filled in the manner provided for original appoint-
    16  ments.
    17    § 3. The commission shall be made up of at least one  member  with  an
    18  extensive  background  in  the  inspection of commercial and residential
    19  properties pursuant to the Uniform Code, at least  one  member  with  an
    20  extensive  background in fire prevention and safety, at least one attor-
    21  ney or retired judge with extensive experience in  the  adjudication  of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11561-01-9

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     1  code  violations,  and at least one engineer who specializes in building
     2  safety.
     3    §  4.  The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
     4  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
     5  incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.   To the  maximum
     6  extent feasible, the commission shall be entitled to request and receive
     7  and  shall  utilize and be provided with such facilities, resources, and
     8  data of any court, department, division, board, bureau,  commission,  or
     9  agency  of  the  state  or any political subdivision thereof as it deems
    10  necessary or desirable to carry out properly its powers and duties here-
    11  under.
    12    § 5. For the accomplishment of its purposes, the commission  shall  be
    13  authorized and empowered to undertake any studies, inquiries, surveys or
    14  analyses  it  may deem relevant in cooperation with or by agreement with
    15  any other public or private agency. The commission shall meet  and  hold
    16  public  hearings  or  private  meetings within or without the state, and
    17  shall have all the powers of a legislative  committee  pursuant  to  the
    18  legislative law.
    19    §  6. The commission shall report its findings, conclusions and recom-
    20  mendations to the governor and the legislature no later  than  one  year
    21  after the effective date of this act.
    22    §  7.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    23  deemed repealed two years after such date.
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