Int. No. 78
By Council Members Michels, Linares, Duane, Freed, Eisland and Provenzano; also Council Members Eldridge, Leffler,O'Donovan and Perkins.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the inspection of boilers.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph one of subdivision b of section 27-793, of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law 62 of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
1. Except as provided in paragraph two of this subdivision, all boilers, as defined in section two hundred four of the labor law, excepting those boilers listed in subdivision two of such section of the labor law, shall be inspected at least once a year by duly authorized insurance companies or other qualified inspectors, provided, however, that no individual employed by a company that regularly supplies oil for an owner shall be deemed qualified to perform such inspections, in the manner set forth in rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Such inspections shall also include the chimney connectors described in article three of subchapter fifteen of this chapter. All boiler inspectors who perform periodic inspections pursuant to this subdivision shall be qaulified under section two hundred four of the labor law and rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner of labor.
§2. Paragraph three of subdivision c of such section of such code shall be amended to read as follows:
(3) The statement shall be filed within thirty days after installation of a boiler. Thereafter, it shall be filed on or before the [last day of December] thirtieth day of September of the year of each annual inspection.
§3. This local law shall take effect immediately.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Building.