Bill Text: NY S01347 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts hot tubs or spas with safety covers from certain standards of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-30 - SUBSTITUTED BY A625 [S01347 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01347-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1347

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to exempting hot tubs  or
          spas  from  certain  standards  of  the  New  York  state uniform fire
          prevention and building code

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Paragraph c of subdivision 14 of section 378 of the execu-
     2  tive law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the exec-
     3  utive law relating to exempting hot tubs or spas with safety covers from
     4  certain provisions of law, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.
     5  7858 and A. 8646, is amended to read as follows:
     6    c.  hot  tub  or  spa with a safety cover which complies with American
     7  Society of Testing and Materials International standard F1346 (2003)  or
     8  any  similar standard which may be approved by the council [or] shall be
     9  exempt from the provisions of this subdivision and  any  swimming  pool,
    10  other  than a hot tub or spa, with an automatic power safety cover which
    11  complies with American Society of Testing  and  Materials  International
    12  standard  F1346  (2003) or any similar standard which may be approved by
    13  the council shall be exempt from the provisions of paragraph b  of  this
    14  subdivision.
    15    §  2.  Paragraph  c  of subdivision 14 of section 378 of the executive
    16  law, as added by chapter 234 of the laws of 2007,  is  relettered  para-
    17  graph d.
    18    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    19  manner as a chapter of the laws  of  2022  amending  the  executive  law
    20  relating  to  exempting hot tubs or spas with safety covers from certain
    21  provisions of law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7858  and
    22  A. 8646, takes effect.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03983-01-3