 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6160
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 10, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD03826-01-1
Relates to building permits

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