New York S 779: Relates to increasing membership on the state fire prevention and building code council

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S00779 Summary:

BILL NOS00779 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00596

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §374, Exec L; amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.1218-B & A.1080-B)

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Increases membership on the state fire prevention and building code council to include the commissioner of agriculture and markets; amends the effectiveness thereof.

Go to top S00779 Actions:

BILL NOS00779 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.53

01/14/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A596

&nbspA00596 AMEND= Woerner

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

&nbsp01/13/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/13/2025reported 

&nbsp01/13/2025rules report cal.3

&nbsp01/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.3

&nbsp01/14/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/14/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/14/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/14/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S779

&nbsp01/14/20253RD READING CAL.53

&nbsp01/14/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/14/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/23/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp01/27/2025signed chap.4

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 779

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing membership
 on the state fire prevention and building code council; and to amend a
 chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relating to the
 appointment for agricultural representation on the state fire
 prevention and building code council, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 1218-B and A. 1080-B, in relation to the effectiveness
 thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 374 of the executive law, as
 2 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law
 3 relating to the appointment for agricultural representation on the state
 4 fire prevention and building code council, as proposed in legislative
 5 bills numbers S. 1218-B and A. 1080-B, is amended to read as follows:
 6 1. There is hereby created and established in the department of state
 7 a council, to be known as the state fire prevention and building code
 8 council. Such council shall consist of the secretary of state, as
 9 [chairman] chairperson, the state fire administrator and [sixteen]
 10 seventeen other members to be appointed as follows:
 11 a. [Two] Three members, to be appointed by the governor, from among
 12 the commissioners of the departments of economic development, environ-
 13 mental conservation, corrections and community supervision, education,
 14 health, labor, agriculture and markets, mental health and social
 15 services, office of general services, division of housing and community
 16 renewal, the president of the New York state energy research and devel-
 17 opment authority, and the superintendent of financial services.
 18 b. Six members, to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be
 19 an elected official of a city with a population over one million, one of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02934-01-5

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 1 whom shall be an elected official of another city with a population over
 2 one hundred thousand, one of whom shall be an elected official of any
 3 other city, one of whom shall be an elected county official, one of whom
 4 shall be an elected town official, and one of whom shall be an elected
 5 village official.
 6 c. Eight members, to be appointed by the governor with the advice and
 7 consent of the senate, one of whom shall be a fire service official, one
 8 of whom shall be a registered architect, one of whom shall be a profes-
 9 sional engineer, one of whom shall be a code enforcement official, one
 10 of whom shall represent builders, one of whom shall represent trade
 11 unions, one of whom shall r