Bill Text: NY A09903 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the affordable residential green building program which would provide incentives to owners for the construction of new residential buildings which are affordable.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-26 - referred to energy [A09903 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09903-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9903
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 26, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Energy
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  establishing
          the affordable residential green building program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1872-a to read as follows:
     3    §  1872-a.    Affordable  residential green building program. Notwith-
     4  standing any law, rule or regulation  to  the  contrary,  the  authority
     5  shall  establish  and  administer  a  program  pursuant to standards and
     6  criteria established by the authority which would provide incentives  to
     7  owners  for  the  construction  of  new  residential buildings which are
     8  affordable.  For purposes of this section, "affordable" means where  the
     9  homebuyer has a household income which does not exceed the income limits
    10  defined by the state of New York mortgage agency low interest rate mort-
    11  gage  program  in  the non-target, one-and two-person household category
    12  for the county where such property is located. Such incentives shall  be
    13  available  based  upon  the use of design and building techniques estab-
    14  lished or promulgated by the authority which promote  smart  growth  and
    15  smart  planning,  reduce  greenhouse gas emissions, achieve energy effi-
    16  ciency and reduce energy consumption, facilitate  the  incorporation  of
    17  environmentally  responsible products, promote the efficiency of gas and
    18  natural resources, reduce waste and create a healthy indoor living envi-
    19  ronment  while  maintaining  affordability  for  household  incomes   as
    20  provided in this section. The authority shall promulgate rules and regu-
    21  lations to establish affordable green residential building standards and
    22  criteria,  in  addition to administrative regulations for implementation
    23  of such program. The authority shall prepare an annual  report  on  such
    24  program which shall be posted on the authority's website.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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