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Assembly Bill A8309

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale of fire extinguishers

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2011-A8309 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5841
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง391-j, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A1121

2011-A8309 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale of fire extinguishers.

2011-A8309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8309

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 13, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. KELLNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

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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