Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to cities |
Nov 27, 2017 |
referred to cities |
Assembly Bill A8779
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GLICK
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
co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Rebecca Seawright
Linda Rosenthal
Richard Gottfried
multi-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
2017-A8779 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Cities
- Law Section:
- New York City Administrative Code
- Laws Affected:
- Add §27-645.1, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
-
A705
2017-A8779 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8779 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y November 27, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to deterring bird collisions on construction sites THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 27-645.1 to read as follows: § 27-645.1 BIRD COLLISION DETERRENCE. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (1) "CONSTRUCTION WORK" SHALL MEAN ANY OR ALL WORK OR OPERATIONS NECESSARY OR INCIDENTAL TO THE ERECTION, DEMOLITION, ASSEMBLING, INSTALLING, OR EQUIPPING OF BUILDINGS, OR ANY ALTERATIONS AND OPERATIONS INCIDENTAL THERETO; (2) "SUBSTANTIAL RECONSTRUCTION WORK" SHALL MEAN ANY WORK IN WHICH THE CONSTRUCTION WORK AFFECTS AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE BUILDING'S FLOOR AREA. SUCH TERM SHALL ALSO MEAN ANY WORK IN WHICH THE CONSTRUCTION WORK RESULTS IN GLAZING AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE BUILDING'S WINDOWS; AND (3) "BIRD COLLISION DETERRENT SAFETY MEASURES" SHALL MEAN ANY MEAS- URES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BIRD FRIENDLY BUILDING GLASS OR OTHER BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN TECHNIQUES INCORPORATING BIRD- SAFE BUILDING MATERIALS AND DESIGN FEATURES IDENTIFIED IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRED TO BE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION. (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING WHAT CONSTITUTES BIRD COLLISION DETERRENT SAFETY MEASURES. IN ADOPTING SUCH RULES AND REGU- LATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSIDER INFORMATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) THE BEST PRACTICES FOR REDUCING BIRD COLLISIONS WITH BUILDINGS AND BUILDING GLASS DEVELOPED BY THE DIVISION OF MIGRATORY BIRD MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND (II) THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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