Assembly Bill A2312

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring combustible gas detectors in certain structures

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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-A2312 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9027
2017-2018: A469
2019-2020: A2913
2021-2022: A4480

2023-A2312 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all temporary and permanent dwellings in the state shall install an operable combustible gas detector that wirelessly connects to the gas company; requires gas companies to release an annual report of the frequency of gas leaks by county.

2023-A2312 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2312
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring  combustible
   gas detectors in certain structures
 
   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 20 to read as follows:
   20. A. (I) STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION  OF  COMBUSTIBLE  GAS  DETECTORS
 REQUIRING, NO LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR THAT EVERY
 ONE  OR  TWO-FAMILY DWELLING, OR ANY DWELLING ACCOMMODATION LOCATED IN A
 BUILDING OWNED AS A CONDOMINIUM OR  COOPERATIVE  IN  THE  STATE  OR  ANY
 MULTIPLE  DWELLINGS  SHALL  HAVE  INSTALLED  AN OPERABLE COMBUSTIBLE GAS
 DETECTOR OF SUCH MANUFACTURE, DESIGN AND INSTALLATION STANDARDS  AS  ARE
 ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL.
   (II)  STANDARDS  FOR THE REPORTING OF GAS LEAKS REPORTED VIA AUTOMATIC
 TRANSMISSION TO A GAS COMPANY BY A GAS DETECTOR BY SUCH  GAS  COMPANIES.
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH STANDARDS SHALL REQUIRE A GAS COMPANY TO
 ISSUE AN ANNUAL REPORT DETAILING THE  NUMBER  OF  LEAKS  RECEIVED  IN  A
 CALENDAR YEAR DISAGGREGATED BY COUNTY.
   B. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTOR MEANS AN
 ALARM DEVICE THAT COMPLIES WITH THE APPLICABLE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN
 NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, OR ITS SUCCESSORS, FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVICES
 FOR  THE  DETECTION  OF  COMBUSTIBLE  QUANTITIES  OF METHANE AND PROPANE
 GASES, UNLESS SUCH STANDARDS ARE SUPERSEDED  BY  RULES  ADOPTED  BY  THE
 COUNCIL.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH DEVICES SHALL FURTHER BE EQUIPPED
 WITH TECHNOLOGY ENABLING SUCH DEVICES TO AUTOMATICALLY REPORT THE OCCUR-
 RENCE OF EACH GAS LEAK DETECTED BY SUCH DEVICES TO THE COMPANY PROVIDING
 GAS TO THE DWELLING IN WHICH SUCH DEVICE IS LOCATED.
   C.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, MULTIPLE DWELLING MEANS A DWELL-
 ING WHICH IS EITHER RENTED, LEASED, LET OR HIRED OUT, TO BE OCCUPIED, OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03547-01-3
              

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