Senate Bill S8614

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes standards for the reuse of deconstructed building materials

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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-S8614 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9290
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§377, 378 & 376, Exec L

2023-S8614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes standards for the reuse of deconstructed building materials; requires the uniform building code to set standards for the use of solid-sawn lumber in construction and for the grading of used solid-sawn lumber; requires the secretary of state to develop a program for grading reclaimed wood for structural purposes.

2023-S8614 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8614
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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, in relation to establishing standards
   for the reuse of deconstructed building materials
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 377 of  the  execu-
 tive  law,  as  added  by chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, is amended to
 read as follows:
   c. permit to the fullest extent  feasible,  use  of  modern  technical
 methods,  devices  and  improvements  which  tend  to reduce the cost of
 construction, INCLUDING THE REUSE OF DECONSTRUCTED  BUILDING  MATERIALS,
 without  substantially affecting reasonable requirements for the health,
 safety and security of the occupants or users of buildings;
   § 2. Section 378 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 19-a to read as follows:
   19-A. A.  TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF ZERO ON-SITE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
 AND  HELP ACHIEVE THE STATE'S CLEAR ENERGY AND CLIMATE AGENDA, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH WITH-
 IN CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  ALSO
 KNOWN  AS THE NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION
 ACT, THE UNIFORM CODE SHALL SET STANDARDS  FOR  THE  USE  OF  SOLID-SAWN
 LUMBER IN CONSTRUCTION AND FOR THE GRADING OF USED SOLID-SAWN LUMBER.
   B.  THE UNIFORM CODE SHALL PROVIDE THAT USED SOLID-SAWN LUMBER IN GOOD
 CONDITION AND DEVOID OF AREAS OF DECAY NOT MEETING THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 SECTIONS 2303.1.1, 2303.1.1.1 OR 2303.1.1.2 OF THE 2020 BUILDING CODE OF
 NEW YORK STATE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) DIMENSIONAL LUMBER THAT HAS A NOMINAL THICKNESS OF TWO INCHES WITH
 A  NOMINAL  WIDTH OF SIX INCHES, OR LESS, SHALL BE ASSUMED TO BE SPRUCE-
 PINE-FIR STUD GRADE AND SHALL HAVE  STRUCTURAL  PROPERTIES  ASSIGNED  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT ADOPTED STANDARDS; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14390-01-4
 S. 8614                             2

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