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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jan 09, 2019 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S947
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 58th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2019-S947 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §94-c, Exec L; amd §606, Tax L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S4749
2015-2016: S6971
2017-2018: S2283
2019-S947 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the secretary of state to establish standards for 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 environmentally unacceptable chemical fertilizers; further establishes a green roof installation credit in the amount of twenty-five percent of qualified expenditures with a credit maximum of five thousand dollars.
2019-S947 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S947 SPONSOR: O'MARA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive 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: This legislation would require the Secretary of State to establish stan- dards for inspection and certification of green roofs and provides for a green roof installation credit. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. The Executive Law is amended by adding a new section 94-c to read as follows: 94-c Green roof inspection and certification. 1. The secretary shall develop and implement a program to evaluate and set standards for the
2019-S947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 947 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. O'MARA, ADDABBO, CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive 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 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 94-c to read as follows: § 94-C. GREEN ROOF INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION. 1. THE SECRETARY 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 MAINTE- NANCE 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-INSTALLATION 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 COMMER- CIAL INSTALLERS AND THE PUBLIC OF ANY PROHIBITIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. INSPECTION AFTER INSTALLATION SHALL INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO PRE-INSTAL- LATION CRITERIA, THE TESTING OF RUNOFF WATER FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY UNAC- CEPTABLE CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS. 2. THE SECRETARY 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. 3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "GREEN ROOF" SHALL MEAN ROOFING ON A BUILDING CONSTRUCTED OF FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SOIL AND DRAINAGE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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