Senate Bill S6676A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6676

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2014
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Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- 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 executive law, in relation to requiring the New York
  state  uniform  fire prevention and building code to address standards
  for the installation of carbon monoxide detectors  in  buildings  that
  house  one or more places of business; and to amend the administrative
  code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring  the  installa-
  tion  of carbon monoxide detectors in restaurants and other commercial
  buildings

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

  Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 5-d to read as follows:
  5-D. STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS REQUIRING
THAT THE OWNER OF EVERY BUILDING THAT HOUSES ONE OR MORE PLACES OF BUSI-
NESS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO RESTAURANTS, OFFICES AND SHOPPING
AREAS IN THE STATE SHALL HAVE  INSTALLED  AN  OPERABLE  CARBON  MONOXIDE
DETECTOR  OF  SUCH MANUFACTURE, DESIGN AND INSTALLATION STANDARDS AS ARE
ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL. CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS REQUIRED  BY  THIS
SECTION  ARE  REQUIRED  ONLY  WHERE  ONE  OR MORE PLACES OF BUSINESS HAS
APPLIANCES, DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THAT MAY EMIT CARBON MONOXIDE OR  HAS  AN
ATTACHED GARAGE.
  S  2.  Section  27-981.2 of the administrative code of the city of New
York, as added by local law number 7 of the city of  New  York  for  the
year 2004, is amended to read as follows:
  S 27-981.2 Carbon monoxide detecting devices; where required. a. Every
dwelling  unit  in  a  building  within occupancy groups J-1, J-2 or J-3
where a fossil fuel-burning furnace or  boiler  is  located,  and  every
dwelling  unit  in  a building that is in close proximity to a source of
carbon monoxide, as such proximity is established by the  rules  promul-
gated  by  the commissioner in consultation with the fire department and
the department of health and mental hygiene, shall be equipped  with  an
operational carbon monoxide detecting device approved in accordance with

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

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the  rules promulgated by the commissioner in consultation with the fire
department and the department of health  and  mental  hygiene,  provided
that  there  shall  be  installed  at least one approved and operational
carbon  monoxide  detecting  device  within  fifteen  feet  of each room
lawfully used for sleeping  purposes.  Such  carbon  monoxide  detecting
device  may be combined with a smoke detecting device that complies with
the provisions of this title and any applicable rules promulgated there-
under.
  b. In every building classified in  occupancy  group  G  or  occupancy
group H-2, at least one approved and operational carbon monoxide detect-
ing  device  shall  be installed in accordance with rules promulgated by
the commissioner in  consultation  with  the  fire  department  and  the
department of health and mental hygiene.
  c. IN EVERY BUILDING CLASSIFIED IN OCCUPANCY GROUPS C, D, E, F-1, F-3,
F-4 AND G, AT LEAST ONE APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECT-
ING  DEVICE  SHALL  BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY
THE COMMISSIONER IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT  AND  THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.
  D.  The  provisions of this article shall apply retroactively to every
building, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision a or subdivi-
sion  b  of  this  section,  irrespective  of  when  such  building  was
constructed or a certificate of occupancy for such building was issued.
  [d.]  E. The provisions of this article may be enforced by the depart-
ment, the fire department, the department of health and  mental  hygiene
and the department of housing preservation and development.
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.