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NY A08398

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

12/13/2023

Primary Sponsor

Karl Brabenec

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Origin

Assembly

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Adds a religious exemption to the ban on fossil fuel equipment and building systems in New York State energy and building codes
  • Permits installation and use of fossil fuel equipment in buildings owned or occupied by persons with genuine and sincere religious beliefs where prohibition would jeopardize their health and safety
  • Applies the same exemption to both Energy Law Section 11-104 and Executive Law Section 378
  • Maintains existing exemptions for emergency backup power, manufactured homes, and specified commercial and critical infrastructure facilities
  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Provides an exemption for the purposes of allowing the installation and use of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems where such are installed and used in a building or part of a building that is owned or occupied by a person who holds genuine and sincere religious beliefs and whose health and safety will be jeopardized due to the prohibition of the installation of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems because of such genuine and sincere religious beliefs.

Last Action

referred to energy

1/3/2024

Committee Referrals

Energy12/13/2023

Full Bill Text

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