Skip to content
S698Senate2013-2014 SessionSame asA8004

Exempts contractors employed by the city of Buffalo from payment of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions

Sponsor Mark GrisantiSD-60Affects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Labor
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

Bill progress

Step 5 of 7

In Assembly · Labor

What's happening

Writing a plain-English summary… Track this bill to get it by email.

Why it matters

The daily · weekday mornings

Albany, before your first meeting.

Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.

Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.

Who cares

Headline styles

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Mark Grisanti

Senator · Senate District 60

Chair, Environmental Conservation

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Referred to labor
  2. Delivered to assembly
  3. Passed senateVote 58–0
  4. Ordered to third reading cal.1228
  5. Committee discharged and committed to rules
  6. Reported and committed to finance
  7. Referred to labor
  8. Returned to senate
  9. Died in assembly
  10. Referred to labor
  11. Delivered to assembly
  12. Passed senateVote 61–0
Show 3 earlier actions
  1. Ordered to third reading cal.712
  2. Committee discharged and committed to rules
  3. Referred to labor

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

A8004Assembly

Exempts contractors employed by the city of Buffalo from payment of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions

In Assembly Committee · Labor · Sponsor Crystal Peoples-Stokes

Full text

The text isn't available here yet. Check nysenate.gov.

Sponsor's memo

BILL NUMBER:S698

Title of bill

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to exempting contractors employed by the city of Buffalo from payment of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions

Purpose

To exempt contractors doing construction work while employed by the City of Buffalo from having to pay asbestos notification fees.

Summary of specific provisions

Section 1 Amends Section 904 of the labor law to exempt contractors employed by the city of Buffalo from having to pay asbestos notification fees. Section 2 is the effective date.

Justification

The city of Buffalo has requested this legislation by passage of a resolution on September 22, 2011.

The city of Buffalo has an overabundance of vacant buildings, many of which are old and contain asbestos. As the city deals with demolition of these buildings it puts a financial strain onto the City.

Since July of 2008, over 50% of all demolitions have required the payment of an asbestos notification fee. Many of these projects cost over $4,000, while these fees are not a direct cost to the contractor they are ultimately paid by the City and as a result borne by its tax payers.

The City or its asbestos contractors are responsible for performing and testing all removal work, so it is unclear what costs are incurred by the State from these projects.

Further when conducting demolitions in the City of Buffalo, the structures in question are often large, have been subdivided and/or have garages or related accessory structures. This may lead to work at one site being deemed to be multiple asbestos projects rather than one, each of which requires submission of a separate asbestos notification fee to the state.

Prior legislative history

S.6248 of 2012 - Passed Senate

Fiscal implications

Approximately $619,000

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately.

Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.