Assembly Bill A5617

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands remedies for violations of New York state uniform fire prevention and building code

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A5617 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2418
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §382, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9123, S7328
2015-2016: A2865, S1189
2017-2018: A1490, S774
2019-2020: A2128, S4938
2021-2022: A2160, S4708

2023-A5617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands remedies for violations of New York state uniform fire prevention and building code.

2023-A5617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5617
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, STECK, COOK, THIELE, PAULIN, HUNTER --
   Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ, RIVERA -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding remedies for
   violations of New York state uniform fire prevention and building code

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  382 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 571 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new  subdi-
 vision 2-a is added to read as follows:
   2.  Any person, having been served, either personally or by registered
 or certified mail, with an order to remedy any condition, OTHER  THAN  A
 CONDITION THAT IS DEEMED AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF
 THE  BUILDING'S  OCCUPANTS, found to exist in, on, or about any building
 in violation of the uniform fire prevention and building code, who shall
 fail to comply with such order within the time fixed by the  regulations
 promulgated  by  the  secretary  pursuant  to subdivision one of section
 three hundred eighty-one of this article, such time period to be  stated
 in  the  order,  and  any owner, builder, architect, tenant, contractor,
 subcontractor, construction superintendent or their agents or any  other
 person  taking part or assisting in the construction of any building who
 shall knowingly violate any of the applicable provisions of the  uniform
 code  or  any lawful order of a local government, a county or the secre-
 tary made thereunder regarding standards for construction,  maintenance,
 or  fire protection equipment and systems, shall be punishable by a fine
 of not more than one thousand dollars per day of violation, or imprison-
 ment not exceeding one year, or both for the first  one  hundred  eighty
 days,  and for the following one hundred eighty days shall be punishable
 by a fine of no less than twenty-five dollars  and  not  more  than  one
 thousand  dollars per day of violation or imprisonment not exceeding one
 year, or both and thereafter shall be punishable by a fine  of  no  less
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03905-02-3
              

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