N.Y. EXC Law § 373-A — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 18 / Section 373-A
Code comparison study and report
Status: in_force

§ 373-a. Code comparison study and report.  1. Examination and study\nof the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code.  a. The\nsecretary, through the department of state's code division, shall\nperform, oversee, and/or commission a study comparing the New York state\nuniform fire prevention and building code to the national building and\nfire codes presently in force and promulgated by Building Officials and\nCode Administrators International, Inc (BOCA).\n  b. The secretary, through the department of state's code division,\nshall further perform, oversee and/or commission a study comparing the\npresent New York state energy, plumbing, and mechanical codes to the\nenergy, plumbing and mechanical code presently in force and promulgated\nby Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc (BOCA).\nThe secretary, through the department of state's code division shall\nalso perform, oversee and/or commission a study comparing the present\nNew York state plumbing code to the international plumbing code and the\nuniform plumbing code.\n  c. The secretary, through the department of state's code division,\nshall also perform, oversee and/or commission a study comparing the\npresent provisions of the state, uniform fire prevention and building\ncode relating to fire safety to the provisions of the fire prevention\ncode presently in force and promulgated by the National Fire Protection\nAssociation (NFPA1).\n  2. Report on the examination and study of the New York state uniform\nfire prevention and building code. On or before the fifteenth day of\nNovember, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, the secretary, through the\ndepartment of state's code division, shall issue a report on the\nexaminations and studies prescribed by subdivision one of this section,\nand shall provide a copy of such report to the governor, the temporary\npresident of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the\nsenate standing committee on housing, construction and community\ndevelopment, the chair of the assembly standing committee on\ngovernmental operations and the chair of the assembly standing committee\non housing.  Such report shall:\n  a. Make an express line by line comparison between the provisions of:\n  (i) the present New York state uniform fire prevention and building\ncode and national building and fire codes presently in force and\npromulgated by Building Officials and Code Administrators International,\nInc (BOCA);\n  (ii) the present New York state energy, plumbing, mechanical codes and\nthe energy, plumbing and mechanical code presently in force and\npromulgated by Building Officials and Code Administrators International,\nInc (BOCA);\n  (iii) the present New York state plumbing code and the international\nplumbing code;\n  (iv) the present New York state plumbing code and the uniform plumbing\ncode;\n  (v) the present provisions of the New York state uniform fire\nprevention and building code relating to fire safety and the provisions\nof the fire prevention code presently in force and promulgated by the\nNational Fire Protection Association (NFPA1); and\n  b. Report on the similarities of, and differences between each such\naforementioned code with respect to:\n  (i) public safety;\n  (ii) ease of use and clarity of understanding;\n  (iii) effectiveness of enforcement;\n  (iv) ease and effectiveness of administration;\n  (v) user cost savings;\n  (vi) compatibility with other state and international codes; and\n  (vii) potential for promoting economic development.\n