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                             March 31, 2014
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. DenDEKKER, CAHILL -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, the multiple  dwelling  law  and  the
  multiple  residence  law,  in  relation  to requiring interconnectable
  smoke detectors to be installed in certain residential buildings

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 5-b of section 378 of the execu-
tive  law,  as  separately amended by chapters 96 and 506 of the laws of
1988, is amended to read as follows:
  a. every one or two-family  dwelling  or  any  dwelling  accommodation
located in a building owned as a condominium or cooperative in the state
used  as a residence shall have installed [an] operable [single station]
INTERCONNECTABLE smoke detecting alarm [device or] devices,  AS  DEFINED
IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTI-
CLE,
  S  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 68 of the multiple
dwelling law, as added by chapter 683 of the laws of 1985, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) The owner of every multiple dwelling to which  the  provisions  of
this  section  apply shall equip each apartment or other separate living
unit in such multiple dwelling with approved and  operational  INTERCON-
NECTABLE  smoke  detecting  devices, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY OF
SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE  LAW,  in  conformity
with  the  state  fire  prevention and building code; provided, however,
that any multiple dwelling not subject to the provisions  of  such  code
may, in the alternative, be equipped with battery-operated smoke detect-
ing  devices of a type accepted by the division of housing and community
renewal.
  S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  15  of  the  multiple
residence  law,  as added by chapter 683 of the laws of 1985, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a) The owner of every multiple dwelling to which  the  provisions  of
this  section  apply shall equip each apartment or other separate living

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

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unit in such multiple dwelling with approved and  operational  INTERCON-
NECTABLE  smoke  detecting  devices, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY OF
SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE  LAW,  in  conformity
with  the  state  fire  prevention and building code; provided, however,
that any multiple dwelling not subject to the provisions  of  such  code
may, in the alternative, be equipped with battery-operated smoke detect-
ing  devices of a type accepted by the division of housing and community
renewal.
  S 4. Section 372 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  20.  "INTERCONNECTABLE  SMOKE  DETECTING  DEVICE" OR "INTERCONNECTABLE
SMOKE DETECTING ALARM DEVICE" MEANS A  BATTERY  OPERATED  OR  HARD-WIRED
SMOKE ALARM THAT COMMUNICATES WITH OTHER UNITS EITHER WIRELESSLY THROUGH
A  RADIO  SIGNAL OR VIA A DIRECT WIRED CONNECTION SO THAT WHEN ONE ALARM
DETECTS SMOKE ALL THE INTERCONNECTABLE ALARMS WILL SOUND.
  S 5. This act shall take effect January 1,  2024;  provided,  however,
that  effective  immediately,  the addition and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on  or  before
such effective date.