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                                   6918
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 20, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple residence law  and  the  multiple  dwelling
   law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
   and  multiple  dwellings  to  provide names and contact information of
   residents to emergency personnel
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  multiple  residence  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 16 to read as follows:
   § 16. MULTIPLE RESIDENCE EMERGENCY INFORMATION.  IN  THE  CASE  OF  AN
 EMERGENCY  AFFECTING  A  MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE, THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL,  INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND
 CONTACT  INFORMATION  OF  ALL  AFFECTED  RESIDENTS  OR OCCUPANTS OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE AS IS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY OF SUCH  RESI-
 DENTS OR OCCUPANTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN EMERGENCY SHALL
 INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO FIRES, GAS LEAKS, BUILDING COLLAPSES,
 NATURAL DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE THE PHYSICAL
 SAFETY OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING  THEIR  WHERE-
 ABOUTS.
   §  2.  The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section 15
 to read as follows:
   § 15. MULTIPLE DWELLING EMERGENCY INFORMATION. IN THE CASE OF AN EMER-
 GENCY AFFECTING A MULTIPLE DWELLING, THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH MULTIPLE
 DWELLING SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND CONTACT
 INFORMATION  OF  ALL  AFFECTED  RESIDENTS  OR OCCUPANTS OF SUCH MULTIPLE
 DWELLING AS IS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY  OF  SUCH  RESIDENTS  OR
 OCCUPANTS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN EMERGENCY SHALL INCLUDE
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO FIRES,  GAS  LEAKS,  BUILDING  COLLAPSES,  NATURAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              
             
                          
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 DISASTERS,  ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE THE PHYSICAL SAFETY
 OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING THEIR WHEREABOUTS.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.