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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6368
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 11, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 requiring that when a
complaint is made to local code enforcement of a violation of the
uniform fire prevention and building code which results in the issu-
ance of a compliance order, the complainant shall also be provided a
copy of such order
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs h and i of subdivision 1 of section 381 of the
2 executive law, as added by chapter 560 of the laws of 2010, are amended
3 and a new paragraph j is added to read as follows:
4 h. minimum basic training and in-service training requirements for
5 personnel charged with administration and enforcement of the state ener-
6 gy conservation construction code; [and]
7 i. standards and procedures for measuring the rate of compliance with
8 the state energy conservation construction code, and provisions requir-
9 ing that such rate of compliance be measured on an annual basis[.];
10 J. IN THE EVENT A COMPLAINT IS MADE TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR THE
11 SECRETARY WHICH RESULTS IN THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH
12 19 NYCRR 1202.5 TO REMEDY ANY CONDITION FOUND TO EXIST IN, ON, OR ABOUT
13 ANY BUILDING IN VIOLATION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING
14 CODE, PROVIDING OF SUCH ORDER IN PERSON OR BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
15 MAIL TO THE COMPLAINANT WHO INITIALLY REPORTED SUCH VIOLATION.
16 § 2. Paragraphs i and j of subdivision 1 of section 381 of the execu-
17 tive law, paragraph i as amended and paragraph j as added by section 3
18 of part T of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a new para-
19 graph k is added to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 i. standards and procedures for measuring the rate of compliance with
2 the state energy conservation construction code, and provisions requir-
3 ing that such rate of compliance be measured on an annual basis; [and]
4 j. procedures requiring the documentation of compliance with regu-
5 lations adopted pursuant to section thirteen hundred seventy-seven of
6 the public health law as a condition to issuance of a certificate of
7 occupancy or certificate of compliance following a periodic fire safety
8 and property maintenance inspection for multiple dwellings[.];
9 K. IN THE EVENT A COMPLAINT IS MADE TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR THE
10 SECRETARY WHICH RESULTS IN THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH
11 19 NYCRR 1202.5 TO REMEDY ANY CONDITION FOUND TO EXIST IN, ON, OR ABOUT
12 ANY BUILDING IN VIOLATION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING
13 CODE, PROVIDING OF SUCH ORDER IN PERSON OR BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
14 MAIL TO THE COMPLAINANT WHO INITIALLY REPORTED SUCH VIOLATION.
15 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 382 of the executive law, as added by
16 chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
17 1. In addition to and not in limitation of any power otherwise granted
18 by law, every local government and its authorized agents shall have the
19 power to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist
20 in, on or about any building in violation of the uniform fire prevention
21 and building code and to issue appearance tickets for violations of the
22 uniform code. A COPY OF AN ORDER SERVED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION OR
23 19 NYCRR 1202.5 SHALL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO A COMPLAINANT IN ACCORDANCE
24 WITH THE MINIMUM RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY
25 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH K OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
26 EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, IF SUCH ORDER WAS ISSUED AS A RESULT OF A
27 COMPLAINT MADE BY AN INDIVIDUAL.
28 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
29 section two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
30 same manner as section 3 of part T of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023,
31 takes effect.