Bill Text: NY S03078 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Requires the installation and testing of fire protection systems at pet stores.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S03078 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03078-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3078--A
            Cal. No. 198
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Domestic Animal Welfare --
          reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second
          report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
          ing  the  installation  and  testing of fire protection systems at pet
          stores
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  407 of the agriculture and markets law is renum-
     2  bered section 408 and a new section 407 is added to read as follows:
     3    § 407.  Fire protection requirements for pet stores. All  pet  dealers
     4  licensed  under  this article shall provide fire protection measures for
     5  every premises at which the dealer houses animals in accordance with the
     6  provisions of this section.
     7    1. Fire  protection  systems.  (a)  Approved  devices,  equipment  and
     8  systems  or  combinations  of  systems used to detect a fire, activate a
     9  fire alarm, extinguish or control a fire, control or  manage  smoke  and
    10  products  of  a fire or any combination thereof shall be provided in all
    11  retail and wholesale establishments utilized by a pet dealer  to  perma-
    12  nently  or  temporarily  house,  sell or trade animals.  Fire protection
    13  systems shall be installed, inspected, tested and maintained per  appro-
    14  priate codes and referenced standards herein: if in the five boroughs of
    15  the  city  of New York per New York city building code and New York city
    16  fire code or outside of the five boroughs of the city of  New  York  per
    17  the  New  York  state  uniform fire prevention and building code and the
    18  state energy conservation construction code for  the  correct  occupancy
    19  type and any approved "more restrictive local standards".
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02561-03-9

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     1    (b) If any fire protection system becomes inoperative at any time, the
     2  pet  dealer  shall  take immediate action to notify the code enforcement
     3  office and have the system restored to proper working order.
     4    2.  Application.  (a)  The  provisions  of this section shall apply to
     5  existing buildings and to buildings  hereafter  erected  but  shall  not
     6  include buildings zoned residential.
     7    (b) For the purposes of this section,
     8    (1)  "pet  dealer"  shall  have  the  same  meaning as "pet dealer" as
     9  defined in subdivision four of section four hundred of this article, and
    10    (2) "animal" shall have the same  meaning  as  "companion  animal"  as
    11  defined in subdivision five of section three hundred fifty of this chap-
    12  ter.
    13    §  2.  The  commissioner  of  agriculture and markets shall promulgate
    14  rules, regulations and standards as he or she deems necessary to  imple-
    15  ment  the provisions of this act on or before its effective date and, in
    16  conjunction with the appropriate agency,  whether  the  New  York  state
    17  department  of  state  code enforcement and administration division, New
    18  York city department of buildings or  New  York  city  fire  department,
    19  shall establish standards for the installation, operation and inspection
    20  of  fire protection systems installed pursuant to the provisions of this
    21  act.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    23  law,  except  that buildings in existence or new construction with pres-
    24  ently approved plans as of the effective date of  this  act  shall  have
    25  until the following year to comply with the provisions of this act.
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