Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 02, 2010 |
print number 7413a |
Feb 02, 2010 |
amend and recommit to environmental conservation |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Apr 06, 2009 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A7413
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GALEF
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Nelson Castro
Gary Finch
multi-Sponsors
Donna Lupardo
Thomas McKevitt
Albert A. Stirpe
Fred Thiele
2009-A7413 - Details
2009-A7413 - Summary
Requires the commissioner to establish standards for and a program of inspection and certification of green roofs prior to and after installation, including standards for environmentally acceptable chemical fertilizers and the testing of runoff water for evidence of such fertilizers; further establishes a green roof installation credit in the amount of fifty-five percent of qualified expenditures with a credit maximum of five thousand dollars.
2009-A7413 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7413 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 6, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to pre- installation review and certification of green roof materials and to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a green roof installa- tion credit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 3-0308 to read as follows: S 3-0308. GREEN ROOF INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND SET STANDARDS FOR THE PLANT MATERIAL UTILIZED IN GREEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION IN THE STATE AND FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS USED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF GREEN ROOFS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE CRITERIA FOR INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION OF GREEN ROOF PLANS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION AFTER INSTALLATION. SUCH PRE-INS- TALLATION CRITERIA FOR CERTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: HEIGHT, GROWTH RATE, DROUGHT TOLERANCE, ROOT SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION OR NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS, PRODUCTION OF SEEDS LIKELY TO INVADE NEARBY LANDSCAPES, GENERATION OF ALLERGENS AND REMEDIAL AIR FILTRATION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO INFORM COMMERCIAL INSTALLERS AND THE PUBLIC OF ANY PROHIBITIONS AND RECOMMENDA- TIONS. INSPECTION AFTER INSTALLATION SHALL INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO PRE-INSTALLATION CRITERIA, THE TESTING OF RUNOFF WATER FOR ENVIRON- MENTALLY UNACCEPTABLE CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS. 2. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DELEGATE TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL OF COUNTY AND CITY BUILDING INSPECTORS HIS OR HER DUTIES OF REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF PLANS AND ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATION REQUIRED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS AS HE OR SHE MAY ESTABLISH. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02756-02-9
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Nelson Castro
Gary Finch
multi-Sponsors
Robert Castelli
George Latimer
Donna Lupardo
Thomas McKevitt
2009-A7413A (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A7413A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the commissioner to establish standards for and a program of inspection and certification of green roofs prior to and after installation, including standards for environmentally acceptable chemical fertilizers and the testing of runoff water for evidence of such fertilizers; further establishes a green roof installation credit in the amount of fifty-five percent of qualified expenditures with a credit maximum of five thousand dollars.
2009-A7413A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A7413A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to pre-installation review and certification of green roof materials and to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a green roof installation credit PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To develop standards for the installa- tion and maintenance "green roofs', better known as roof gardens, and to provide a tax credit for home owners to install such gardens. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the Environmental Conservation Law by adding a new Section 3-0308, which would require the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation to develop a program to evaluate and set standards for green roof construction and certification. Section 2 amends the Tax Law by adding a new subsection (u) to Section 606, which would provide a tax credit for the installation of roof garden of 55% of the installation cost that shall not exceed $5,000. Section 3 provides for an effective date. JUSTIFICATION: In addition to the aesthetic value of roof gardens for the residents of building where they are installed, green roofs serve several important functions. First, the gardens absorb the heat of the
2009-A7413A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7413--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 6, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, COLTON, CASTRO, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LUPARDO, McKEVITT, STIRPE, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation 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 environmental conservation law, in relation to pre- installation review and certification of green roof materials and to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a green roof installa- tion credit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 3-0308 to read as follows: S 3-0308. GREEN ROOF INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND SET STANDARDS FOR THE PLANT MATERIAL UTILIZED IN GREEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION IN THE STATE AND FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS USED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF GREEN ROOFS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE CRITERIA FOR INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION OF GREEN ROOF PLANS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION AFTER INSTALLATION. SUCH PRE-INS- TALLATION CRITERIA FOR CERTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: HEIGHT, GROWTH RATE, DROUGHT TOLERANCE, ROOT SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION OR NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS, PRODUCTION OF SEEDS LIKELY TO INVADE NEARBY LANDSCAPES, GENERATION OF ALLERGENS AND REMEDIAL AIR FILTRATION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO INFORM COMMERCIAL INSTALLERS AND THE PUBLIC OF ANY PROHIBITIONS AND RECOMMENDA- TIONS. INSPECTION AFTER INSTALLATION SHALL INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO PRE-INSTALLATION CRITERIA, THE TESTING OF RUNOFF WATER FOR ENVIRON- MENTALLY UNACCEPTABLE CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02756-04-0
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