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Senate Bill S2027

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires public housing authorities to install a functioning carbon monoxide detector in each of its tenant dwelling units

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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2011-S2027 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §152-a, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S883

2011-S2027 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public housing authorities to install and maintain a functioning carbon monoxide detector in each of its tenant dwelling units, excluding units whose sole source of heat is electric heat.

2011-S2027 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2027

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
  Community Development

AN  ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to required instal-
  lation of carbon monoxide detectors

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

  Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
152-a to read as follows:
  S 152-A. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS. EACH AUTHORI-
TY SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN A FUNCTIONING CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR  IN
EVERY  TENANT DWELLING UNIT, EXCLUDING THOSE DWELLING UNITS HAVING ELEC-
TRIC HEAT AS THEIR SOLE SOURCE OF HEAT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07151-01-1

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