New York Laws
Article 30 - Asbestos or Products Containing Asbestos; Licensing
910 - Enforcement.

§ 910. Enforcement. 1. Nothing in this article shall be construed to
prevent municipalities from enacting local laws or ordinances which
impose standards or requirements relating to the handling of asbestos or
asbestos material more effective than those set forth in this article or
in any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder.

2. The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this article and
rules and regulations adopted hereunder; provided, however, that the
provisions of this section and sections nine hundred seven, nine hundred
eight and nine hundred nine of this article shall not be enforced in
reference to persons or contractors performing work in a city or
municipality which files with the commissioner a duly certified copy of
a local law or ordinance assuming full responsibility for enforcing the
provisions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted
hereunder. Such city or municipality shall have all the powers of the
commissioner in enforcing the provisions of this article and the rules
and regulations adopted hereunder, including but not limited to the
collection and retention of monetary penalties.

3. Each city or municipality which elects such local enforcement
option shall submit a report to the commissioner annually on or before
the first day of June of the manner in which this article and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder have been and are administered,
and the results of such administration under the jurisdiction of such
city or municipality and shall from time to time submit to the
commissioner such other reports as to such other matters as the
commissioner may require.

4. A city or municipality may file with the commissioner a duly
certified copy of a local law or ordinance terminating its enforcement
responsibilities which shall be effective thirty days from the filing
thereof.