Senate Bill S2986

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for state assistance to local governments for the enforcement of fire prevention and building codes

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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-S2986 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9108, Ins L; amd §54-g, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6970

2023-S2986 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for state assistance to local governments for the enforcement of fire prevention and building codes using monies paid into the code enforcement account.

2023-S2986 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2986 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2986
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KAVANAGH, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the state finance law, in relation
   to providing  for  state  assistance  to  local  governments  for  the
   enforcement of fire prevention and building codes

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subsection (b) of section 9108 of the insur-
 ance law is amended and a  new  subsection  (f)  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   (2)  On  or  before  the fifteenth day of February of each year, every
 insurance company required to collect the fee imposed  by  this  section
 shall  file  with  [said]  THE  superintendent  an annual statement in a
 manner the superintendent shall prescribe, which  statement  shall  show
 the  aggregate amount of gross premiums and premium deposits and assess-
 ments collected during the  immediately  preceding  year  for  insurance
 against  loss  or  injury and the several items of deduction referred to
 under items (i) and (ii) of paragraph one of this subsection.
   (F) COMMENCING APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, ALL SUCH  MONIES
 RECEIVED  BY  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  AND  PAID  INTO  THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
 ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF  STATE  AID
 TO  LOCALITIES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THEIR RELEVANT FIRE PREVENTION AND
 BUILDING CODES IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SECTION  FIFTY-FOUR-G  OF  THE  STATE
 FINANCE LAW AND ANY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE SECRETARY OF
 STATE PURSUANT TO SUCH PROGRAMS.
   § 2. Section 54-g of the state finance law, as added by chapter 707 of
 the laws of 1981, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 609 of the laws of
 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   §  54-g.  State  assistance to local governments for support of activ-
 ities related to fire prevention and building codes.  1.  Beginning  [in
 March,  nineteen  hundred eighty-two] ON APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06341-01-3
              

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