Assembly Bill A7059

2025-2026 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 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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2025-A7059 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3212
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9108, Ins L; amd §54-g, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8802, S6970
2023-2024: A4430, S2986

2025-A7059 (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.

2025-A7059 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7059
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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-SIX, 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.
                                                            LBD06915-01-5
              

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