Bill Text: NY S03429 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to implement certain standards issued by the society for protective coatings pertaining to applying and removing coatings from bridges, trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks and stations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S03429 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S03429-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3429 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to implement certain standards pertaining to applying and removing coatings from bridges, trestles, elevated subway and railway tracks and stations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows: 3 19. The authority shall promulgate regulations to require that all 4 application and maintenance of paint and coatings on bridges, trestles, 5 elevated subway tracks, elevated subway stations, elevated railway 6 tracks and elevated railway stations performed by non-employees of the 7 authority have a quality management program and meet applicable industry 8 standards of the society for protective coatings painting contractor 9 certification program to standards QP-1, QP-2, QP-3, or national associ- 10 ation of corrosion engineers NIICAP AS1 and AS2. The removal, surface 11 preparation, and application of all paint and coatings on authority 12 property, facilities and assets shall be performed by certified workers 13 in accordance with the NACE 13/ACS1 Standard. 14 § 2. Section 1209 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a 15 new subdivision 16 to read as follows: 16 16. The authority shall promulgate regulations to require that all 17 application and maintenance of paint and coatings on bridges, trestles, 18 elevated subway tracks, elevated subway stations, elevated railway 19 tracks and elevated railway stations performed by non-employees of the 20 authority have a quality management program and meet applicable industry 21 standards of the society for protective coatings painting contractor 22 certification program to standards QP-1, QP-2, QP-3, or national associ- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07954-01-1S. 3429 2 1 ation of corrosion engineers NIICAP AS1 and AS2. The removal, surface 2 preparation, and application of all paint and coatings on authority 3 property, facilities and assets shall be performed by certified workers 4 in accordance with the NACE 13/ACS1 Standard. 5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 6 projects and bids proposed on or after such date and to any contract for 7 which bids or proposals are submitted after such date.
