Assembly Bill A1172

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires landlords to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A1172 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7767
2019-2020: A1666
2021-2022: A3819

2023-A1172 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires landlords to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments; authorizes the promulgation of standards related thereto.

2023-A1172 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1172
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring fire  extin-
   guishers in every rented dwelling
 
   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 5-e to read as follows:
   5-E. STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION OF FIRE  EXTINGUISHERS  SHALL  REQUIRE
 INSTALLATION  OF  SUCH  EXTINGUISHERS IN ALL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS AT LEAST
 ONE PER FLOOR, WITH THE MAXIMUM TRAVEL  DISTANCE  BETWEEN  EXTINGUISHERS
 NOT  TO  EXCEED  SEVENTY-FIVE  FEET. SUCH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL BE OF
 SUCH MANUFACTURE, DESIGN AND INSTALLATION STANDARDS AS  ARE  ESTABLISHED
 BY  THE  COUNCIL.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, MULTIPLE DWELLING
 MEANS A DWELLING WHICH IS EITHER RENTED OR LEASED TO BE OCCUPIED, OR  IS
 OCCUPIED  AS  THE  TEMPORARY  OR PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR HOME OF THREE OR
 MORE FAMILIES LIVING INDEPENDENTLY OF  EACH  OTHER,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO THE FOLLOWING: A TENEMENT, FLAT HOUSE, MAISONETTE APARTMENT,
 APARTMENT HOUSE, APARTMENT HOTEL,  TOURIST  HOUSE,  BACHELOR  APARTMENT,
 STUDIO  APARTMENT, DUPLEX APARTMENT, KITCHENETTE APARTMENT, HOTEL, LODG-
 ING HOUSE, ROOMING HOUSE, BOARDING HOUSE, BOARDING AND  NURSERY  SCHOOL,
 FURNISHED  ROOM  HOUSE,  CLUB, SORORITY HOUSE, FRATERNITY HOUSE, COLLEGE
 AND SCHOOL DORMITORY, CONVALESCENT, OLD AGE OR NURSING  HOMES  OR  RESI-
 DENCES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03415-02-3

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