Bill Text: NY A02225 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the uniform fire prevention and building code to require the installation of operable portable fire extinguishers in certain R-3 residential occupancies in this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-20 - enacting clause stricken [A02225 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02225-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2225
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the instal-
         lation of operable portable fire extinguishers in certain R-3 residen-
         tial occupancies
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 5-d to read as follows:
    3    5-D.  STANDARDS  FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS REQUIRING THAT EVERY R-3 RESI-
    4  DENTIAL OCCUPANCY IN THIS STATE, CONSTRUCTED OR OFFERED FOR  SALE  AFTER
    5  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL HAVE INSTALLED AN OPERABLE
    6  PORTABLE  FIRE EXTINGUISHER OF SUCH MANUFACTURE, DESIGN AND STANDARDS AS
    7  ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL. FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
    8  "R-3  RESIDENTIAL  OCCUPANCY"  SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
    9  THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   11  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
   12  ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations by the secretary of state
   13  necessary  for  the  implementation  of  section  one of this act on its
   14  effective date is authorized to be made  on  or  before  such  effective
   15  date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05114-01-3