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Senate Bill S10379

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the location of fire hydrants

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2025-S10379 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§155-a & 156, Exec L

2025-S10379 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of fire prevention and control to establish a state database of every fire hydrant latitude and longitude coordinates; requires every municipal corporation or private entity to provide such coordinates to the office.

2025-S10379 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10379
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the location  of  fire
   hydrants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 155-a of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. "OFFICE" SHALL MEAN THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
   §  2.  Subdivision 18 of section 156 of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 543 of the laws of 1983 and as renumbered by chapter 615 of  the
 laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   18. Establish rules and regulations as to the location and design of a
 delineator  used  to  mark the location of fire hydrants. SUCH RULES AND
 REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) ESTABLISHING A STATE DATABASE OF EVERY FIRE HYDRANT  LATITUDE  AND
 LONGITUDE  COORDINATES  WITH  CENTIMETER PRECISION FOR EACH FIRE HYDRANT
 THAT CAN BE EXPORTED AS A CSV FILE TO BE USED WITH GPS LOCATION SERVICES
 AS A MAP OVERLAY;
   (B) REQUIRING EVERY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR PRIVATE ENTITY TO PROVIDE
 THE COORDINATES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 FOR  EVERY  FIRE HYDRANT UNDER ITS CONTROL TO THE OFFICE AND PROVIDE ANY
 UPDATES TO THE OFFICE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF EVERY  INSTALLA-
 TION AND MAINTENANCE CYCLE; AND
   (C)  CREATING  A  CSV SPREADSHEET FILE THAT IS COMPATIBLE FOR USE WITH
 GOOGLE MAPS TO CREATE AN OVERLAY ONTO GOOGLE MAPS IN  ORDER  TO  PROVIDE
 THE EXACT LOCATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13574-01-5

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