NY State Senate Bill 2019-S1010

Senate Bill S1010

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to implement rules and regulations requiring the use of radon-resistant features in new home construction

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to housing, construction and community development
Jan 10, 2019	referred to housing, construction and community development

2019-S1010 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Fire Prevention
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S401
2011-2012: S1162
2013-2014: S1149
2015-2016: S1333
2017-2018: S2208
2021-2022: S1497

2019-S1010 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to implement rules and regulations requiring the use of radon-resistant features in new home construction.

2019-S1010 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1010

SPONSOR: BRESLIN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act requiring the state fire prevention and building code council to
implement rules and regulations regarding radon-resistant features in
newly constructed homes

 
PURPOSE:

To require new homebuilders to use radon resistant features when build-
ing new homes.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 directs the state fire prevention and building code council to
develop and implement rules and regulations concerning the use of radon
resistant building features in new home construction.

JUSTIFICATION:

Radon is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas, which is omitted from
the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock and water. This gas typi-
cally moves through the ground and seeps into homes through tiny cracks
or holes in the foundation. Any home, new or old can have a radon prob-
lem, and homes across the country have been found to have high levels of
radon. In 2005, the Surgeon General of the United States issued a Health
Advisory warning Americans about the health risk of exposure to radon in
indoor air. Recent studies done by the EPA have found that nearly 1 out
of every 15 homes in the United States has an unsafe level of radon.
Radon has been proven to cause many health related problems, and is now
the second leading cause of lung cancer and is estimated to account for
more than 20,000 deaths per year.

Banks require that a home inspection be done by a licensed home inspec-
tor prior to approving a mortgage for an existing home sale, and part of
that inspection is a radon test. Many people who build new homes have
owned homes before, and may assume that some type of radon testing is
done by the builder, however there are no such requirements for radon
inspections for new home mortgages. Because it takes time for radon to
penetrate into the home, testing for radon in a newly constructed home
would be ineffective. Therefore, the easiest and most cost effective way
to ensure that radon never becomes a problem, is to take preventative
measures in the new home construction process. When these steps are
employed during the building process, it costs as little as a few
hundred dollars; as opposed to having to vent out the house later on,
which can cost thousands. Standards and recommendations for the use of
radon resistant features in building new homes have already been devel-
oped by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017/2018 - S. 2208 Referred to Housing, Construction and Community
Development

2015/2016 - S.1333 Referred to Housing, Construction and Community
Development

2013/2014 - S. 1149 Referred to Senate Housing Committee

2011/2012 - S.1162/A.897 Remained in the Senate Committee on Housing,
Construction and Community Development and the Assembly Committee on
Governmental Operations

2009/2010 - S.401/A.1033 Remained in the Senate Committee on Housing,
Construction and Community Development and the Assembly Committee on
Governmental Operations

2007/2008 - S.717/A.9669 Remained in the Senate Committee on Housing,
Construction and Community Development and the Assembly Committee on
Governmental Operations

2005/2006 - S.4607 Remained in the Senate Committee on Housing,
Construction and Community Development

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S1010 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1010
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT requiring the state fire prevention and building code council to
   implement rules and regulations regarding radon-resistant features  in
   newly constructed homes

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state fire prevention  and  building  code  council  is
 hereby  directed to implement rules and regulations requiring the use of
 radon-resistant features in new home construction.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05929-01-9

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