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                                   6824
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law and the energy law, in relation to
   requiring the updating of the state uniform fire prevention and build-
   ing code and the state energy conservation construction  code  on  the
   basis of update of certain international codes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 377 of the executive law is renum-
 bered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
   2.  EACH TIME A REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILD-
 ING CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE  CODE,  THE  INTERNATIONAL  RESIDENTIAL
 CODE,  THE  INTERNATIONAL  PLUMBING  CODE,  THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL
 CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILD-
 ING CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE  OR  THE  NATIONAL
 ELECTRICAL CODE IS PUBLISHED, THE COUNCIL SHALL, WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF
 SUCH PUBLICATION OF A REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION, CAUSE THE UNIFORM FIRE
 PREVENTION  AND  BUILDING  CODE  TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES IN ANY
 SUCH REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION.
   § 2. Section 11-101 of the energy law, as amended by  chapter  516  of
 the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   § 11-101. Purpose.  In furtherance of the policy set forth in subdivi-
 sion  two  of  section  3-101  of  this  chapter, the legislature hereby
 directs that a state energy conservation construction code be adopted to
 protect the health, safety and security of the people of the  state  and
 to  assure a continuing supply of energy for future generations and that
 such code mandate that  [economically]  reasonable  energy  conservation
 techniques  be  used  in  the  design and construction of all public and
 private buildings in the state.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 11-103 of the energy law, as amended  by
 chapter 560 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   2. The state fire prevention and building code council [is authorized,
 from  time  to  time  as  it  deems  appropriate and consistent with the
 purposes of this article, to review and amend the code, or adopt  a  new
 code,  through rules and regulations provided that the code remains cost
 effective  with respect to building construction in the state. In deter-
 mining whether the code remains cost effective, the code  council  shall
 consider  whether  the  cost of materials and their installation to meet
 its standards would be equal to or less than the present value of energy
 savings that could be expected over a ten year period in the building in
 which such materials are installed. For residential buildings, the  code
 shall  meet  or  exceed  the  then most recently published International
 Energy Conservation  Code,  or  achieve  equivalent  or  greater  energy
 savings;  and  for  commercial  buildings, the code shall meet or exceed
 ASHRAE 90.1-2007, or  achieve  equivalent  or  greater  energy  savings]
 SHALL,  WITHIN  TWELVE  MONTHS  OF  THE  PUBLICATION  OF EACH REVISED OR
 UPDATED EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY  CONSERVATION  CODE  OR  THE
 ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA  STANDARD  90.1,  CAUSE  THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION
 CONSTRUCTION CODE TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES IN ANY  SUCH  REVISED
 OR UPDATED EDITION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.