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                                   6210
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 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:
   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.

                            
 
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                                  6210--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community  Development  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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,  TWELVE  MONTHS  AFTER
 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.   TO THE EXTENT THAT THE UNIFORM FIRE
 PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES  IN
 ANY  SUCH  REVISED  OR  UPDATED EDITION AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 ACT, THE COUNCIL SHALL, AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND NO LATER THAN  TWELVE
 MONTHS  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS ACT, CAUSE THE UNIFORM FIRE
 PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGES.
   § 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] POLICIES set forth
 in subdivision two of section 3-101 of this chapter AND IN  CHAPTER  ONE
 HUNDRED  SIX  OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN ENACTING THE NEW YORK
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 STATE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT,  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 conser-
 vation  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:
   2.  (A) The state fire prevention and building code council is author-
 ized, 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] THE THEN MOST  RECENTLY  PUBLISHED  ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA
 STANDARD 90.1, or achieve equivalent or greater energy savings.
   (B) THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE COUNCIL SHALL, AS SOON
 AS  PRACTICABLE AND NO LATER THAN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER 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.  TO THE EXTENT THAT  THE  STATE  ENERGY
 CONSERVATION  CONSTRUCTION  CODE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES
 IN ANY SUCH REVISED OR UPDATED EDITION AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 ACT,  THE COUNCIL SHALL, AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND NO LATER THAN TWELVE
 MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  ACT,  CAUSE  THE  STATE  ENERGY
 CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CODE TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.