Senate Bill S4438

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides a wind speed limit of 109 miles per hour for light frame wood construction in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4438 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6309
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3145, A6695
2011-2012: S2475, A2984
2013-2014: S3526, A4404
2017-2018: S3811, A3147

2015-S4438 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, light frame wood construction shall be designed and properly installed to withstand external pressure and wind born debris from a storm with sustained wind speed of at least one hundred nine miles per hour.

2015-S4438 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4438 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 4438                                                  A. 6309

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Housing,
  Construction and Community Development

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to wind speed limits for
  light frame wood construction in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  15  of  section  378 of the executive law is
renumbered subdivision 17 and a new subdivision 15 is added to  read  as
follows:
  15.  PROVIDE  THAT  IN THE COUNTIES OF NASSAU AND SUFFOLK, LIGHT FRAME
WOOD CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE DESIGNED AND PROPERLY INSTALLED TO  WITHSTAND
EXTERNAL PRESSURE AND WIND BORNE DEBRIS FROM A STORM WITH SUSTAINED WIND
SPEED OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED NINE MILES PER HOUR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08165-01-5


              

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