Section 373-A. Code comparison study and report

1. Examination and study
  of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code.  a. The
  secretary, through  the  department  of  state's  code  division,  shall
  perform, oversee, and/or commission a study comparing the New York state
  uniform  fire  prevention and building code to the national building and
  fire codes presently in force and promulgated by Building Officials  and
  Code Administrators International, Inc (BOCA).
    b.  The  secretary,  through  the department of state's code division,
  shall further perform, oversee and/or commission a study  comparing  the
  present  New  York  state  energy, plumbing, and mechanical codes to the
  energy, plumbing and mechanical code presently in force and  promulgated
  by Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc (BOCA).
  The  secretary,  through  the  department of state's code division shall
  also perform, oversee and/or commission a study  comparing  the  present
  New  York state plumbing code to the international plumbing code and the
  uniform plumbing code.
    c. The secretary, through the department  of  state's  code  division,
  shall  also  perform,  oversee  and/or  commission a study comparing the
  present provisions of the state, uniform fire  prevention  and  building
  code  relating  to  fire safety to the provisions of the fire prevention
  code presently in force and promulgated by the National Fire  Protection
  Association (NFPA1).
    2.  Report  on the examination and study of the New York state uniform
  fire prevention and building code. On or before  the  fifteenth  day  of
  November,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-eight,  the  secretary, through the
  department of state's  code  division,  shall  issue  a  report  on  the
  examinations  and studies prescribed by subdivision one of this section,
  and shall provide a copy of such report to the governor,  the  temporary
  president  of  the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the
  senate  standing  committee  on  housing,  construction  and   community
  development,   the   chair   of   the  assembly  standing  committee  on
  governmental operations and the chair of the assembly standing committee
  on housing.  Such report shall:
    a. Make an express line by line comparison between the provisions of:
    (i) the present New York state uniform fire  prevention  and  building
  code  and  national  building  and  fire  codes  presently  in force and
  promulgated by Building Officials and Code Administrators International,
  Inc (BOCA);
    (ii) the present New York state energy, plumbing, mechanical codes and
  the  energy,  plumbing  and  mechanical  code  presently  in  force  and
  promulgated by Building Officials and Code Administrators International,
  Inc (BOCA);
    (iii)  the  present New York state plumbing code and the international
  plumbing code;
    (iv) the present New York state plumbing code and the uniform plumbing
  code;
    (v) the  present  provisions  of  the  New  York  state  uniform  fire
  prevention  and building code relating to fire safety and the provisions
  of the fire prevention code presently in force and  promulgated  by  the
  National Fire Protection Association (NFPA1); and
    b.  Report  on  the similarities of, and differences between each such
  aforementioned code with respect to:
    (i) public safety;
    (ii) ease of use and clarity of understanding;
    (iii) effectiveness of enforcement;
    (iv) ease and effectiveness of administration;
    (v) user cost savings;
    (vi) compatibility with other state and international codes; and

    (vii) potential for promoting economic development.