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Assembly Bill A3237

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the Kerry Rose Fitzsimons fire safety act

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2017-A3237 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1886
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§378 & 372, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9214, S7728
2015-2016: A4355, S5909
2019-2020: A3910

2017-A3237 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the Kerry Rose Fitzsimons fire safety act requiring interconnectable smoke detecting devices to be installed in certain residential buildings.

2017-A3237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3237
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  requiring  intercon-
   nectable  smoke  detecting devices to be installed in certain residen-
   tial buildings

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kerry Rose
 Fitzsimons fire safety act".
   §  2.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5-b of section 378 of the executive
 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] SHALL HAVE INSTALLED AN
 OPERABLE INTERCONNECTABLE SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE OR DEVICES. ANY  dwell-
 ing  accommodation located in a building owned as a condominium or coop-
 erative in the state used as a residence shall have installed an  opera-
 ble single station smoke detecting alarm device or devices,
   §  3.  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 DETECTING ALARM DEVICE THAT COMMUNICATES WITH OTHER  SUCH  DEVICES
 SO  THAT  WHEN  ONE SUCH DEVICE GIVE WARNINGS THE OTHER INTERCONNECTABLE
 SMOKE DETECTING ALARM DEVICES WILL ALSO GIVE WARNINGS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect January 1,  2028;  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01212-01-7

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