Assembly Bill A7315

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes certain contract requirements involving glazing work

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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
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2025-A7315 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6430
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §136-e, St Fin L

2025-A7315 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes certain contract requirements involving glazing work; provides that certain contracts over one million and five million dollars that include glazing work to be performed outside of a city with a population of one million or more shall require such work be performed by North American Contractor Certification ("NACC") certified companies; defines glazing work.

2025-A7315 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7315
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  state  finance law, in relation to establishing
   certain contract requirements involving glazing work
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 136-e to read as follows:
   § 136-E. CONTRACTS INVOLVING  GLAZING  WORK.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ALL  PUBLIC  WORKS RENOVATION CONTRACTS THAT
 EXCEED  AN  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  OF  ONE  MILLION  DOLLARS,  AND  ALL  NEW
 CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  THAT EXCEED AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF FIVE MILLION
 DOLLARS, THAT INCLUDE GLAZING WORK TO BE PERFORMED  OUTSIDE  OF  A  CITY
 WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL REQUIRE GLAZING WORK
 PERFORMED BY NORTH AMERICAN CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION ("NACC")  CERTIFIED
 COMPANIES  AND  INITIALLY, ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 SIX, SHALL HAVE ONE ARCHITECTURAL GLASS AND  METAL  TECHNICIAN  ("AGMT")
 CERTIFIED  WORKER  EMPLOYED  BY  THE COMPANY OR CONTRACTOR. ON AND AFTER
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, EACH CREW PERFORMING WORK THAT
 MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE ONE AGMT CERTIFIED  WORKER
 ON SITE. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, FOR EACH
 CREW  PERFORMING  WORK  THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THIS SECTION, TWENTY-
 FIVE PERCENT OF THAT CREW SHALL BE COMPRISED OF AGMT CERTIFIED  INDIVID-
 UALS  ON SITE. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE, FOR
 EACH CREW PERFORMING WORK THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THIS SECTION, FIFTY
 PERCENT OF THAT CREW SHALL BE COMPRISED OF AGMT CERTIFIED INDIVIDUALS ON
 SITE.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "GLAZING WORK" INCLUDES,  BUT  IS
 NOT  LIMITED TO, REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS, CURTAIN WALLS,
 INTERIOR  GLASS  PARTITIONS,  GLASS   HANDRAILS,   ALUMINUM   ENTRANCES,
 SKYLIGHTS, STORE FRONTS, AND GENERAL INSTALLATION OF ARCHITECTURAL GLASS
 AND METAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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