What's happening
This bill requires state-funded contracts involving industrial painting or coatings to meet specific certification standards for contractors and crews.
Why it matters
Raises safety and quality standards for industrial painting and coating projects. by mandating that contractors and workers hold industry-recognized certifications, likely resulting in better workmanship and reduced hazards, especially on large infrastructure projects.
Specifically addresses the handling of hazardous materials like lead-based paint. , requiring additional, specialized certifications for any work that involves their disturbance—this aims to protect workers, the public, and the environment from unsafe practices and contamination.
Directly affects eligibility for state-funded contracts. , as non-compliance with the certification requirements can now be grounds for immediate contract cancellation, giving the state a powerful enforcement tool and incentivizing companies to maintain high standards.
Ensures ongoing compliance during the life of a project. by requiring all relevant certifications to be kept current throughout the contract period, which could reduce the risk of accidents, delays, and substandard work due to lapses in training or credentials.
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Certify Industrial Painting Contractors
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History
- Referred to governmental operations
- Print number 2337a
- Amend and recommit to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
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Require Certified Painting Contractors
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor Timothy M. Kennedy
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2337--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, the highway law and the public authorities law, in relation to certain contracts involving industrial painting and industrial coatings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 136-d to read as follows:
§ 136-d. Contracts involving industrial painting and industrial coatings. 1. Any contract receiving state financial assistance that includes industrial painting or industrial coating shall include provisions regarding contractor, subcontractor and worker certification as follows:
a. Contractors and subcontractors doing work involving industrial painting and industrial coatings shall be certified by the society for protective coatings' painting contractor certification program to a QP-1 certification entitled "Standard Procedure for Evaluating Qualifications of Painting Contractors: Field Application to Complex Structures," or an equivalent certification and/or accreditation, including but not limited to an accreditation provided by the NACE International Institute Contractor Accreditation Program (NIICAP) AS-1 "Field and/or Shop Coating Accreditation".
b. Contractors and subcontractors doing work involving industrial painting and industrial coatings that requires the disturbance of lead based paint or other hazardous materials shall be certified to society for protective coatings' QP-2 certification "Standard Procedure for Evaluating the Qualifications of Painting Contractors to Remove Hazardous Paint," or an equivalent certification, including but not limited to an accreditation provided by the NACE International Institute Contractor
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00400-03-9
A. 2337--A 2
Accreditation Program (NIICAP) AS-2 "Hazardous Waste Removal and Remediation Accreditation".
c. Contractors and subcontractors shall be required to have at least two coatings application specialist level II or Certified Coating Applicator Specialist, SSPC ACS-1/NACE 13 certified craft workers. One such certified craft worker shall be required to be present for all crews up to four crew members. For each crew larger than four members, an additional coatings application specialist level II or Certified Counting Applicator Specialist SSPC ACS-1/NACE 13 certified craft worker shall be present on each painting or blasting crew during blast cleaning and spray application operations.
2. For the purposes of this section, a crew member is a person who is on the job performing handheld nozzle blast cleaning or spray application of protective coatings on a steel structure.
3. Any certifications required by this section shall be kept current for the duration of the contract.
4. Any violation of this section shall be grounds for cancellation of the contract.
§ 2. Section 38 of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
2-b. Contracts; industrial painting and industrial coatings. In regards to contracts for construction or improvement of highways that utilize industrial painting or industrial coatings, the commissioner shall certify that such project complies with the requirements of section one hundred thirty-six-d of the state finance law.
§ 3. Subdivision 3 of section 1285-s of the public authorities law, as added by section 7 of part T of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
3. Intermunicipal water quality infrastructure projects financed with state financial assistance made available pursuant to this section shall be subject to the requirements of article eight of the labor law, the requirements of article seventeen-B of the executive law, the requirements of section one hundred thirty-six-d of the state finance law and the requirements and provisions of all applicable minority- and womenowned business mandates including, but not limited to article fifteen-A of the executive law.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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