Authorizes a city, town or village to establish a program whereby a building permit may be issued based upon certification by a registered architect or professional engineer.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9108
IN SENATE
November 30, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to building
permits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 125 of the general municipal law, as added by chap-
2 ter 439 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 125. Issuance of building permits. 1. No city, town or village shall
4 issue a building permit without obtaining from the permit applicant
5 either:
6 [1.] (a) proof duly subscribed that workers' compensation insurance
7 and disability benefits coverage issued by an insurance carrier in a
8 form satisfactory to the chair of the workers' compensation board as
9 provided for in section fifty-seven of the workers' compensation law is
10 effective; or
11 [2.] (b) an affidavit that such permit applicant has not engaged an
12 employer or any employees as those terms are defined in section two of
13 the workers' compensation law to perform work relating to such building
14 permit.
15 2. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary a city,
16 town or village may establish a program whereby a building permit may be
17 issued based upon a certification by a registered architect licensed to
18 practice in the state of New York or a professional engineer licensed to
19 practice in the state of New York that the intended work as set forth in
20 the building permit application meets the requirements of the Uniform
21 Fire Prevention and Building Code. Such program shall include a require-
22 ment for a random audit of applications for a building permit to ensure
23 compliance.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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