Bill Text: NY A05715 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires colleges to provide written notification to students whether college-owned housing is equipped with sprinkler systems.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-6)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-25 - signed chap.168 [A05715 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05715-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5715--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. DenDEKKER, CAHILL, KIM, SIMOTAS, MILLER, STIRPE,
         STEVENSON, ESPINAL, SIMANOWITZ, BENEDETTO, O'DONNELL,  BOYLAND,  COOK,
         SKARTADOS, MOSLEY, CRESPO, McDONOUGH, OTIS, MAISEL, GRAF, MALLIOTAKIS,
         GABRYSZAK, HENNESSEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BOREL-
         LI,  BRAUNSTEIN,  BRENNAN, GIBSON, KEARNS, LIFTON, McLAUGHLIN, RIVERA,
         ROZIC, SCHIMEL,  SEPULVEDA,  SWEENEY,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,
         bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
         committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring colleges  to
         notify  students  whether  dormitories  are  equipped  with  sprinkler
         systems
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 6438. NOTIFICATION OF FIRE SAFETY  STANDARDS  AND  MEASURES  IN  ALL
    4  COLLEGE-OWNED  OR  COLLEGE-OPERATED HOUSING.  EACH COLLEGE SHALL PROVIDE
    5  WRITTEN  NOTIFICATION  TO  STUDENTS   RESIDING   IN   COLLEGE-OWNED   OR
    6  COLLEGE-OPERATED  HOUSING  WITH  REGARD TO A DESCRIPTION OF SUCH HOUSING
    7  FACILITY'S FIRE SAFETY SYSTEM, INCLUDING WHETHER THE HOUSING  IS  OR  IS
    8  NOT  EQUIPPED WITH A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. EACH COLLEGE SHALL ALSO INDICATE,
    9  WITHIN SUCH WRITTEN NOTIFICATION, HOW TO ACCESS THE CAMPUS  FIRE  SAFETY
   10  REPORT  ON  STUDENT  HOUSING AS REQUIRED UNDER TITLE 20 OF THE U.S. CODE
   11  SECTION 1092(I).  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  "SPRINKLER  SYSTEM"
   12  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-A OF
   13  THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08455-05-3