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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7293--C
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 27, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HEVESI, ROSENTHAL, SPANO, BARRON, GABRYSZAK,
          LUPARDO, MENG, MILLMAN, JAFFEE, CASTRO, KOON, O'DONNELL, ABBATE, HOYT,
          DINOWITZ, COLTON, BENEDETTO, TITONE, STIRPE, MAISEL, HOOPER --  Multi-
          Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, DESTITO, FARRELL, GLICK, GOTTFRIED,
          GUNTHER, JEFFRIES, JOHN, MAGEE, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, MOLINARO,  RUSSELL,

          SCHIMEL,  TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Energy -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate,  recalled
          from  the  Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted,
          retaining its place on the order of third reading  --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee on Energy in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to said committee -- reported and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to authorizing the
          use of cool roofs on new or substantially renovated state-owned build-
          ings
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 83 of the
     2  public buildings law, as added by chapter 380 of the laws of  2009,  are
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    Agency  green  building  and  cool  roof construction requirements. 1.
     5  [The] (a) For purposes of  minimizing  the  consumption  of  energy  and
     6  providing for the efficient utilization of resources expended in the use
     7  and  occupancy of state buildings, the construction of new buildings and
     8  the substantial renovation of existing buildings shall comply with  such
     9  green construction requirements and procedures as shall have been estab-
    10  lished  by the office in regulations pursuant to subdivision two of this
    11  section.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (b) For the purpose of increasing solar reflectance and thermal  emit-
     2  tance  of  agency  buildings,  new construction of agency buildings with
     3  flat roofs or substantial renovation of the  roof  subsystem  of  agency
     4  buildings  with flat roofs shall comply with the cool roof standards and
     5  regulations  promulgated  by  the  office pursuant to subdivision two of
     6  this section. Such standards and regulations shall require  the  use  of
     7  materials and/or methods including, but not be limited to:
     8    (i) Inherently cool roofing materials such as white vinyl;

     9    (ii) Coated roofs and white paint based products;
    10    (iii) Green roofs using plant-based materials for insulation cover.
    11    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    12  manner as section three of chapter  380  of  the  laws  of  2009,  takes
    13  effect.