Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 21, 2012 |
committed to rules |
May 23, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
May 22, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
May 21, 2012 |
1st report cal.846 |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to consumer protection |
Jun 21, 2011 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5841
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-S5841 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8309
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §391-j, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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A1121
2011-S5841 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5841 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of fire extinguishers PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To strengthen current regulations relating to fire extinguishers. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Section § 391-j of the General Business Law to allow for the expansion of new technologies or alternative arrangements to be developed for portable fire extinguishers not identified in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) performance standards, specifically NFPA 10. Section 2: This act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION: Section § 391-j of the General Business Law states that it "shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale fire extinguishers unless the fire extinguishers offered for sale: (a) meet the current National Fire Protection Association standards for fire extinguishers." NFPA 10 § 4.1.1(2)
2011-S5841 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5841 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 21, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of fire extinguishers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 391-j of the general business law, as added by chapter 253 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows: S 391-j. Sale of fire extinguishers. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale fire extinguishers unless the fire extinguishers offered for sale: a. Meet the current National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) stand- ards for fire extinguishers of the model offered for sale and are labelled as having met such standards; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SHOULD NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS BE DEVELOPED FOR PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN NFPA 10, SUCH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL NONETHELESS BE LAWFUL PROVIDED THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE REMAINING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND ARE CERTIFIED BY A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED TESTING FACILITY; b. Have been tested and approved by the Underwriters Laboratory, INTERTEK, Factory Mutual or other nationally accredited or accepted testing laboratory and are labelled as having been tested and approved; c. Have labelling securely affixed containing the following informa- tion: (1) Operating instructions. (2) The class or rating identifying kinds of fires which the partic- ular extinguisher is suitable to use. This information shall be presented by use of the appropriate letter rating and pictorial marking representations. d. Are accompanied [with an instructional manual that has] BY INSTRUCTIONS HAVING information detailing operational use, basic fire EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13006-01-1
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