NY State Senate Bill 2019-S5911

Senate Bill S5911

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY to review and revise the report of the New York State Governor's Task Force on Campus Fire Safety

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to higher education
May 16, 2019	referred to higher education

2019-S5911 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4385
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S6835, A6884
2015-2016: S6535, A4092
2017-2018: S1518, A3542

2019-S5911 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY to report on the extent of fire detection and suppression systems within residential facilities within the state and city university provided or maintained in response to the New York State Governor's Task Force on Campus Fire Safety issued in July 2000.

2019-S5911 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5911

SPONSOR: STAVISKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act authorizing and directing the boards of trus-
tees of SUNY and CUNY to review and revise the report of the New York
State Governor's Task Force on Campus Fire Safety issued in July 2000

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to direct the board of trustees of the state
university of New York. and the board of trustees of the city university
of New York to review the report on campus fire safety produced in July
2000 and to update sections pertaining to the extent and adequacy of
fire suppression and detection systems within the state and university
systems.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York State Governor's Task Force on Campus Fire Safety report
incorporated short-term steps and long-terms steps for addressing the
fire safety issues examined by the task force. The task force came to

conclusions pertaining to fire suppression and detection systems on
campus residential structures that stated that all newly-constructed
college residential structures should be equipped with a full sprinkler
system and that a phased retrofit program should be established. to
install sprinkler systems in all areas of existing campus residential
structures during significant rehabilitation.  This new legislation
would allow the boards of trustees to review the report and attain
information on whether the steps and recommendations such as the one
stated above were followed.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A3542-A of 2017-18: Referred to Higher Education.
S3542-A of 2017-18: Passed Senate.
2015-16: S6535 (Avella); A4092 referred to Higher Education;
2014: S6835 (Robach); A6884 referred to Higher Education.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S5911 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5911
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT authorizing and directing the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY
   to review and revise the report of the New York State Governor's  Task
   Force on Campus Fire Safety issued in July 2000

   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
 and the board of trustees of the city university of New York are author-
 ized  and  directed  to  report  on  the  extent  of  fire detection and
 suppression systems within residential facilities within the  state  and
 city  university  systems  provided or maintained in response to the New
 York State Governor's Task Force on Campus Fire Safety  issued  in  July
 2000.
   § 2. On or before December 1, 2020, the director of the board of trus-
 tees  of  the  state university of New York and the board of trustees of
 the city university of New York shall deliver  a  copy  of  the  revised
 report  and the findings of the review conducted pursuant to section one
 of this act and any legislative recommendations they deem to  be  neces-
 sary  to  the  governor,  the temporary president of the senate, and the
 speaker of the assembly.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07800-01-9

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