The New York City Council - File #: Int 1164-2018

• File #: Int 1164-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Reporting the results of cooling tower inspections and to repeal certain provisions of Local Law 77 for the year 2015, relating to cooling towers.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/17/2018
• In control: Committee on Health
• On agenda: 10/17/2018
• Final action: 4/28/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting the results of cooling tower inspections and to repeal certain provisions of Local Law 77 for the year 2015, relating to cooling towers
• Sponsors: Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Ruben Diaz, Sr., Ben Kallos, Inez D. Barron, Diana I. Ayala, Carlina Rivera
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/30/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
4/28/2019	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
3/28/2019	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
3/28/2019	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
3/26/2019	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
3/26/2019	*	Committee on Health	Amendment Proposed by Comm
3/26/2019	*	Committee on Health	Amended by Committee
3/26/2019	A	Committee on Health	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/23/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
10/23/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
10/23/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
10/23/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
10/17/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
10/17/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1164-A

By Council Members Rodriguez, R. Diaz, Kallos, Barron, Ayala and Rivera

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting the results of cooling tower inspections and to repeal certain provisions of Local Law 77 for the year 2015, relating to cooling towers
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 3 of local law number 77 for the year 2015 is REPEALED.
? 2. Section 17-194.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding two new subdivisions l and m to read as follows:
l. The commissioner, in consultation with the department of buildings, shall submit a report to the mayor and the speaker of the city council on or before May 15 each year until May 15, 2025, reporting on the following information for the prior year:
1. The number of new cooling tower registrations pursuant to section 28-317.3 and the number of notifications of discontinued use of a cooling tower pursuant to section 28-317.3.1 received by the department of buildings through November 1 of the prior year;
2. The number of annual certifications that a cooling tower was inspected, tested, cleaned and disinfected pursuant to section 28-317.5 received by the department of buildings through November 1 of the prior year;
3. The number of reports of tests for the presence of microbes that reveal levels that present a serious health threat received by the department pursuant to paragraph 2 of subdivision e of this section;
4. The number of inspections of cooling towers conducted pursuant to subdivision i of this section and the rules of the department, the number and types of any violations cited during such inspections, and the number of buildings registered pursuant to subdivision b of this section by November 1 of the prior year that were not inspected;
5. The number of cleanings, disinfections or other actions performed by or on behalf of the dep...