Assembly Bill A626A

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to standards for the construction of new buildings and existing buildings that undergo a substantial improvementand which are located wholly or partially in a flood plain

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
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  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A626 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S828
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L (as proposed in S.7582-B & A.9216-B)

2023-A626 - Summary

Relates to standards for the construction of all new buildings and for the construction or renovation of existing buildings that undergo a substantial improvement and which are located wholly or partially in an area designated on the applicable Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") flood insurance rate map, as amended from time to time, as a Special Flood Hazard Area or Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area.

2023-A626 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    626
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend executive law, in relation to flood plain  standards  of
   construction
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 378 of  the  executive  law,  as
 added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the executive law relat-
 ing  to  requiring  the examination of current and the recommendation of
 future standardized building code requirements for flood mitigation,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  7582-B  and A. 9216-B, is
 amended to read as follows:
   [2-a.] 1-A. a. Standards for the construction of all NEW buildings and
 for the [condition, occupancy, maintenance, conservation, rehabilitation
 and renewal of  certain  existing  buildings,  structures  and  premises
 located  on  or  near coastlines] CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION OF EXISTING
 BUILDINGS THAT UNDERGO A SUBSTANTIAL  IMPROVEMENT,  AS  DEFINED  BY  THE
 COUNCIL, LOCATED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY IN AN AREA DESIGNATED ON THE APPLI-
 CABLE  FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ("FEMA") FLOOD INSURANCE RATE
 MAP, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AS A SPECIAL  FLOOD  HAZARD  AREA  OR
 MODERATE  RISK  FLOOD HAZARD AREA, for the purposes of safeguarding life
 and property therein and thereabout from the hazards of sea level  rise,
 flooding,  saltwater corrosion, coastal or riparian erosion, storms, and
 other degradation that may arise out of characteristics of  the  coastal
 environment  [or  structures  located  wholly  or partially in a Federal
 Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") designated (i) Special Flood Hazard
 Area according to FEMA's current flood insurance rate maps,  or  (ii)  a
 Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area according to FEMA's current flood insur-
 ance rate maps].
   b.  The  standards  in  paragraph  a  of this subdivision shall (i) be
 developed to address future   physical climate risk  due  to  sea  level
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04040-01-3

2023-A626A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S828
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L (as proposed in S.7582-B & A.9216-B)

2023-A626A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to standards for the construction of all new buildings and for the construction or renovation of existing buildings that undergo a substantial improvement and which are located wholly or partially in an area designated on the applicable Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") flood insurance rate map, as amended from time to time, as a Special Flood Hazard Area or Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area.

2023-A626A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  626--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to flood plain standards
   of construction

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2-a  of section 378 of the executive law, as
 added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the executive law relat-
 ing to requiring the examination of current and  the  recommendation  of
 future  standardized building code requirements for flood mitigation, as
 proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  7582-B  and  A.  9216-B,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   [2-a.] 1-A. a. Standards for the construction of all NEW buildings and
 for the [condition, occupancy, maintenance, conservation, rehabilitation
 and  renewal  of  certain  existing  buildings,  structures and premises
 located on or near coastlines] CONSTRUCTION OR  RENOVATION  OF  EXISTING
 BUILDINGS  THAT  UNDERGO  A  SUBSTANTIAL  IMPROVEMENT, AS DEFINED BY THE
 COUNCIL, LOCATED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY IN AN AREA DESIGNATED ON THE APPLI-
 CABLE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ("FEMA") FLOOD INSURANCE  RATE
 MAP,  AS  AMENDED  FROM  TIME TO TIME, AS A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA OR
 MODERATE RISK FLOOD HAZARD AREA, for the purposes of  safeguarding  life
 and  property therein and thereabout from the hazards of sea level rise,
 flooding, saltwater corrosion, coastal or riparian erosion, storms,  and
 other  degradation  that may arise out of characteristics of the coastal
 environment [or structures located wholly  or  partially  in  a  Federal
 Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") designated (i) Special Flood Hazard
 Area  according  to  FEMA's current flood insurance rate maps, or (ii) a
 Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area according to FEMA's current flood insur-
 ance rate maps].
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04040-03-3
 A. 626--A                           2

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