L.L. 1991/049
Enactment date: 7/17/1991
Int. No. 716-A
By Council Member Pinkett (by the request of the Mayor); also Council Member Crispino (Passed under a message of necessity from the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend the Charter of the City of New York and the Administrative Code of the City of New York, in relation to the consolidation of the board of standards and appeals with the office of administrative trials and hearings, the assignment to the department of buildings and to the fire department of the powers of the board of standards and appeals, with respect to the approval of building materials and equipment and the adoption of building code reference standards; and to repeal section 661, subdivisions a and b of section 665 and subdivision 1 of section 666 of the charter, relating to the board of standards and appeals
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]
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§ 38. This local law shall take effect July 1, 1991, except that the provisions of section 2 of this local law regarding membership of the board of standards and appeals and of section 5 of this local law regarding meetings of such board shall take effect on October 15, 1991.
§ 39. Notwithstanding any provision of this local law, the commissioners of the board of standards and appeals in office on October 15, 1991 shall remain in office until the expiration of their terms.
§ 40. All matters pending before the board of standards and appeals with respect to the approval of materials and equipment and the adoption of building code reference standards on or after July 1, 1991 shall be transferred to the department of buildings or the fire department, as appropriate, for review by those agencies in accordance with this local law and any other law.