Assembly Bill A7408

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to enhancing fire safety on state property

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7408 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4280
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §156, Exec L; amd §§405.00 & 405.10, Pen L

2013-A7408 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhancing fire safety on state property.

2013-A7408 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7408

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 15, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, DUPREY -- (at request of the Divi-
  sion of Homeland Security and Emergency Services)  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law and the penal law, in relation to
  enhancing fire safety on state property

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  19  of  section 156 of the executive law, as
renumbered by chapter 615 of the laws of 2006, is renumbered subdivision
20 and a new subdivision 19 is added to read as follows:
  19. ISSUE PERMITS AND ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE  FOUR  HUNDRED
FIVE  OF  THE  PENAL LAW FOR THE PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF FIREWORKS AND INDOOR
PYROTECHNICS ON OR WITHIN STATE PROPERTY, UNLESS SUCH AUTHORITY HAS BEEN
DELEGATED PURSUANT TO THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE
OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
  S  2.  Section  405.00  of  the penal law, subdivision 1 as amended by
chapter 661 of the laws of 1972 and subdivisions 2,  3,  3-a  and  4  as
amended  by  section 21 of part CC of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is
amended to read as follows:
S 405.00 Permits for public displays of fireworks.
  1. Definition of "permit authority." The term "permit  authority,"  as
used  in this section, means and includes the agency authorized to grant
and issue the permits provided in this section[,  which  agency  in  the
territory  within  a state park shall be the state agency having custody
and control thereof, in the]. THE PERMIT AUTHORITY ON  OR  WITHIN  STATE
PROPERTY  SHALL BE THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL. THE PERMIT
AUTHORITY FOR territory within a county park shall be  the  county  park
commission,  or  such  other  agency having jurisdiction, control and/or
operation of the parks or parkways within which any fireworks are to  be
displayed[,].  THE  PERMIT AUTHORITY in a city shall be the duly consti-
tuted licensing agency thereof and, in the absence of such agency, shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09013-01-3
              

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