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Assembly Bill A10106

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that the owner of a building shall be subject to a fine for violations which impede egress from the building during a fire or other emergency evacuation

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2011-A10106 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7374
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง382, Exec L

2011-A10106 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the owner of a building shall be subject to a fine for violations which impede egress from the building during a fire or other emergency evacuation.

2011-A10106 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10106

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SWEENEY,  ZEBROWSKI, MILLMAN, GALEF, COLTON,
  GUNTHER, JAFFEE, ROBERTS, KEARNS, BARRETT -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
  of  A. CRESPO, LUPARDO, MAGEE, MARKEY, McENENY, ROBINSON, SCHIMMINGER,
  THIELE, TITONE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the  Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing fines for
  violations  of the uniform fire prevention and building code when such
  violation involves impeding egress from the building during a fire  or
  other emergency evacuation

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

  Section 1. Section 382 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION OR USE OF A BUILDING IS IN VIOLATION OF  ANY
PROVISION  OF  THE UNIFORM CODE OR ANY LAWFUL ORDER OBTAINED THEREUNDER,
AND SUCH VIOLATION IMPEDES EGRESS FROM A BUILDING DURING A FIRE OR OTHER
EMERGENCY EVACUATION, THE OWNER OF SUCH BUILDING SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  A
FINE  OF  NOT  LESS  THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15538-01-2

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