New York S 1533: Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish standards for inspection and certification of green roofs and provides for a green roof installation credit

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S01533 Summary:

BILL NOS01533 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06506

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3-0308, En Con L; amd §606, Tax L

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Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish standards for and a program of inspection and certification of green roofs prior to and after installation, including standards for environmentally acceptable chemical fertilizers and the testing of runoff water for evidence of such fertilizers; establishes a green roof installation tax credit in the amount of fifty-five percent of qualified expenditures with a credit maximum of five thousand dollars.

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BILL NOS01533 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1533

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to pre-
 installation review and certification of green roof materials; and to
 amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a green roof installa-
 tion credit

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 3-0308 to read as follows:
 3 § 3-0308. Green roof program, inspection and certification.
 4 1. The commissioner shall develop standards for the construction,
 5 installation and certification of green roofs that can be eligible for
 6 the green roof installation personal income tax credit pursuant to
 7 subsection (w) of section six hundred six of the tax law. Such stand-
 8 ards shall include criteria for inspection and certification of green
 9 roof plans prior to installation and inspection after such installation.
 10 Such pre-installation criteria for certification may include, but not be
 11 limited to: plant growth rate and drought tolerance, appropriate root
 12 systems for such green roofs, appropriate plant irrigation, nutritional
 13 and maintenance requirements, potential generation of allergens and the
 14 possible need for remedial indoor air filtration to the subject and
 15 adjacent buildings. Inspection and certification after installation may
 16 include, in addition to pre-installation criteria, the testing of runoff
 17 water for environmentally unacceptable levels of pollutants.
 18 2. The commissioner may delegate to municipal building inspectors the
 19 duties to review and approve plans and issue the certification required
 20 in subdivision one of this section.
 21 3. For purposes of this section:
 22 a. "Green roof" means roofing on an eligible building that covers at
 23 least fifty percent of such building's eligible rooftop space and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04504-01-5

 S. 1533 2

 1 includes (1) a weatherproof and waterproof roofing membrane layer, (2) a
 2 root barrier layer, (3) if appropriate, an insulation layer that
 3 complies with the state energy conservation construction code, (4) a
 4 drainage layer that complies with the state uniform fire prevention and
 5 building code and is designed so the drains can be inspected and
 6 cleaned, (5) a growth medium, including natural or simulated soil, with
 7 a depth of at least two inches, (6) if the depth of the growth medium is
 8 less than three inches, an independent water holding layer that is
 9 designed to prevent the rapid drying out of such medium may be required,
 10 unless the green roof contains a sufficient percentage of drought
 11 resistant plants to survive, and (7) a vegetation layer covered by live
 12 plants such as (i) sedum or equally drought resistant and hardy plant
 13 species, (ii) native plant species, and/or (iii) agricultural plant
 14 species.
 15 b. "Eligible building" means a residential building or mi