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A08586 Summary:

BILL NOA08586 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06906

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SPONSORCarroll P

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Relates to the content of rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of State with respect to minimum staffing levels for agencies enforcing the minimum standards under the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act.

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BILL NOA08586 

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05/21/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8586

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. P. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to minimum staffing
 levels for agencies enforcing the minimum standards under the New York
 State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature enacted the New York
 2 State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act ("the Act") to
 3 prevent loss of life, injury to persons, and damage to property as a
 4 result of fire and to provide a basic level of protection to which the
 5 people are entitled in connection with the construction and maintenance
 6 of buildings. These people include, importantly, the first responders:
 7 firefighters, police, and EMTs, who are required to enter structures
 8 with which they are unfamiliar and sometimes navigate them in hazardous
 9 conditions such as smoke and fire.
 10 The legislature has further determined it to be a public policy that
 11 there must be a minimum level of protection from the hazards of fire,
 12 and a uniform set of minimum standards across the state.
 13 Also, the legislature has determined that local governments should
 14 exercise their full powers to administer and enforce the uniform code.
 15 It has, however, come to the attention of the legislature, that in
 16 some jurisdictions, the agencies responsible for enforcement of the
 17 minimum standards are understaffed and cannot keep up with the mandatory
 18 inspections and inspections related to complaints, and the issuance of
 19 building permits and the follow up inspections and enforcement actions
 20 needed to implement the Act. Failure to have adequate staffing has led
 21 to ineffective enforcement of the Act and increases in the dangers the
 22 Act is intended to prevent.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11166-01-5

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 1 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 381 of the executive law,
 2 as amended by chapter 560 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 b. [number and qualifications of staff, including requirements that
 5 inspectors be certified pursuant to this chapter,] commencing January
 6 first, two thousand twenty-six, and every subsequent third year, setting
 7 the number and qualifications of staff, including requirements that
 8 inspectors be certified pursuant to this article, for each local govern-
 9 ment's inspectors, deputy fire inspectors, plan reviewers, certified
 10 enforcement officials, fire inspectors or other relevant personnel, in
 11 any local government charged with administration and enforcement of the
 12 uniform building and fire prevention code, sufficient to ensure adequate
 13 compliance with this article based upon an index or calculation that
 14 takes into account the average number of the following within the state
 15 agency's jurisdiction, for each calendar year over the prior three
 16 years:
 17 i. structures subject to fire safety, property maintenance, or
 18 special inspections;
 19 ii. fire safety, property maintenance, or special inspections
 20 performed;
 21 iii. commercial and residential building permit applications received,
 22 reviewed, and approved or denied;
 23 iv. operating permits received, reviewed, and approved