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Senate Bill S4323

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the school buildings carbon monoxide act

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2015-S4323 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2466
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S5158, A7524

2015-S4323 (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-S4323 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4323 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4323

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 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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