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Assembly Bill A2466

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the school buildings carbon monoxide act

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2015-A2466 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A7524

2015-A2466 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the school buildings carbon monoxide act requiring the building code to include standards for the installation of operable carbon monoxide detectors in every elementary and secondary school building within the state wherein the use of heating or other equipment poses a substantial risk of exposure to carbon monoxide.

2015-A2466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2466

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BRINDISI, KEARNS, GRAF, SEPULVEDA -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  SCHIMEL, SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting  the  "school
  buildings carbon monoxide act"

  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 17 to read as follows:
  17. STANDARDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF OPERABLE CARBON MONOXIDE  DETEC-
TORS  IN EVERY ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING WITHIN THE STATE
WHEREIN THE USE OF HEATING OR OTHER EQUIPMENT POSES A  SUBSTANTIAL  RISK
OF EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE.
  A.  SUCH  REGULATIONS  SHALL  PROVIDE  THAT:  (I)  ANY CARBON MONOXIDE
DETECTION EQUIPMENT INSTALLED SHALL BE LISTED BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
TESTING LABORATORY AS MEETING OR EXCEEDING AMERICAN  NATIONAL  STANDARDS
INSTITUTE/UNDERWRITERS  LABORATORIES  (ANSI/UL) STANDARD 2075 OR ANSI/UL
STANDARD 2034; AND (II) CARBON MONOXIDE  DETECTION  EQUIPMENT  SHALL  BE
INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS AND INSTAL-
LATION  REQUIREMENTS  OF  NATIONAL  FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD
720, 2012 EDITION.
  B. FOR ANY SCHOOL BUILDING FOR WHICH A PERMIT FOR NEW OCCUPANCY  OR  A
PERMIT  FOR RENOVATION IS ISSUED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN, SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL (I) PROHIBIT THE INSTALLATION  OF  ANY
BATTERY-OPERATED  CARBON  MONOXIDE  DETECTION  EQUIPMENT  OR ANY PLUG-IN
CARBON MONOXIDE WARNING EQUIPMENT THAT HAS  A  BATTERY  AS  ITS  BACK-UP
POWER  SOURCE;  AND  (II)  REQUIRE  THAT A SIGNAL FROM A CARBON MONOXIDE
DETECTOR SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTED TO AN  APPROVED  SUPERVISING
STATION OR CONSTANTLY ATTENDED ON-SITE LOCATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03450-01-5

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