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Assembly Bill A6987

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires sprinkler system and direct alarm system where animals are housed or displayed; excepts farms and circuses

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2009-A6987 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง392-j, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7964
2013-2014: A7064

2009-A6987 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a working fire suppression system as well as an alarm system which is directly connected to the police or fire station in any permanent structure where animals are housed or displayed; does not apply to farms or circuses.

2009-A6987 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6987

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Agriculture

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
  certain safety measures where animals are housed or displayed

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
392-j to read as follows:
  S  392-J.  ANIMAL  FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. 1. EVERY CLOSED PERMANENT
STRUCTURE WHERE ANIMALS ARE  HOUSED  OR  DISPLAYED,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
LIMITED  TO PET SHOPS, KENNELS, RIDING STABLES AND INDOOR ANIMAL EXHIBI-
TIONS,  EXCEPT  A  CIRCUS,  SHALL  BE  EQUIPPED  WITH  A  WORKING   FIRE
SUPPRESSION  SYSTEM;  AND  SHALL  HAVE  A  WORKING ALARM SYSTEM WHICH IS
DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO POLICE AND/OR FIRE FIGHTING FACILITIES.
  2. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT  APPLY
TO FARMS.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07852-01-9

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