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                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLE-
   BRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  SUNY  and
   CUNY  authorities  to  install  and  retrofit dormitory buildings with
   sprinkler systems
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The board of trustees of the state university of New York,
 the board of trustees of the city university of New York and the council
 of governing boards for the  independent  colleges  of  New  York  shall
 conduct a study concerning the safety of New York state college students
 in  dormitories, fraternities, sororities, laboratories, physical educa-
 tion facilities, dining facilities, educational  facilities  and  recre-
 ational  facilities. This study shall include information including, but
 not limited to, the number and percentage of buildings without  adequate
 fire  extinguishment  equipment including, but not limited to, sprinkler
 systems, fire extinguishers, fire hoses and smoke alarms.  Additionally,
 an analysis of the cost of retrofitting existing facilities with  sprin-
 kler  systems  must  be provided along with a plan and time schedule for
 the completion of such retrofitting. A report containing the information
 required by this section shall be submitted  to  the  governor  and  the
 legislature not later than December 1, 2021.
   §  2.  Section  355  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. PLAN FOR PROVIDING FIRE SAFETY. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ADOPT RULES REQUIRING THAT EACH INSTITUTION
 OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 TWO,  ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO CAUSE ALL BUILDINGS UNDER THE JURIS-
 DICTION OF SUCH INSTITUTION CONTAINING DORMITORY FACILITIES FOR  STUDENT
 USE  TO  BE  CONSTRUCTED  OR  RETROFITTED  WITH  A  SYSTEM OF PIPING AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01963-01-9

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 APPURTENANCES, DESIGNED  AND  INSTALLED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  GENERALLY
 ACCEPTED  STANDARDS  SO  THAT  HEAT FROM A FIRE WILL AUTOMATICALLY CAUSE
 WATER TO BE DISCHARGED OVER SUCH FIRE AREA TO EXTINGUISH IT  OR  PREVENT
 ITS  FURTHER  SPREAD. ALL RETROFITTING SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN A THREE
 YEAR PERIOD FROM THE DATE ANY SUCH PLAN IS ADOPTED.
   § 3. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20.  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL
 ADOPT RULES REQUIRING THAT EACH INSTITUTION OF THE CITY  UNIVERSITY,  ON
 OR  BEFORE  MARCH  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A
 PLAN TO CAUSE ALL BUILDINGS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF  SUCH  INSTITUTION
 CONTAINING  DORMITORY  FACILITIES  FOR  STUDENT USE TO BE CONSTRUCTED OR
 RETROFITTED WITH A SYSTEM OF  PIPING  AND  APPURTENANCES,  DESIGNED  AND
 INSTALLED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS SO THAT HEAT
 FROM A FIRE WILL AUTOMATICALLY CAUSE WATER TO BE  DISCHARGED  OVER  SUCH
 FIRE  AREA TO EXTINGUISH IT OR PREVENT ITS FURTHER SPREAD. ALL RETROFIT-
 TING SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN A THREE YEAR PERIOD  FROM  THE  DATE  ANY
 SUCH PLAN IS ADOPTED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.