Bill Text: NY S01036 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires colleges and universities to construct and retrofit sprinkler systems in all dormitories.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-17 - PRINT NUMBER 1036A [S01036 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S01036-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1036--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 8, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring every college and university to install and retrofit dormitory buildings with sprinkler systems 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 17 to read as follows: 3 17. Standards for sprinkler systems in all college housing. Each 4 college or university shall, on or before March first, two thousand 5 eighteen, construct or retrofit a system of piping and appurtenances, 6 designed and installed in accordance with generally accepted standards, 7 in all buildings under the jurisdiction of such institution containing 8 dormitory facilities for student use, so that heat from a fire will 9 automatically cause water to be discharged over such fire area to extin- 10 guish it or prevent its further spread. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01961-02-6
