Bill Text: NY A08601 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the installation and periodic inspection of water detector alarms in residential dwellings and certain commercial buildings; defines a "water detector alarm" as an electronic device that detects the presence of water and sets off an audible and visual alarm when its sensors are triggered; defines a "commercial building" as a building in which individuals are employed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-05 - enacting clause stricken [A08601 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08601-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8601

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 10, 2022
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the  instal-
          lation and periodic inspection of water detector alarms in residential
          dwellings and certain commercial buildings

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by  adding  two
     2  new subdivisions 5-e and 5-f to read as follows:
     3    5-e.  a. Standards for installation of water detector alarms requiring
     4  that every one or two-family dwelling,  or  any  dwelling  accommodation
     5  located in a building owned as a condominium or cooperative in the state
     6  or  any multiple dwellings shall have installed an operable water detec-
     7  tor alarm of such manufacture, design and installation standards as  are
     8  established  and  determined  to  be  necessary  by the council. For the
     9  purposes of this subdivision, "water detector alarm" means an electronic
    10  device that detects the presence of water and sets off  an  audible  and
    11  visual alarm when its sensors are triggered.
    12    b.  Standards  for inspections of water detector alarms requiring that
    13  an appropriate and qualified  inspector,  as  determined  by  the  local
    14  government,  shall  perform  a  periodic inspection to ensure that every
    15  dwelling required to have a water detector alarm pursuant to paragraph a
    16  of this subdivision has such water detector alarm installed and it is in
    17  operable condition.
    18    5-f. a. Standards for installation of water detector alarms  requiring
    19  that  a commercial building in the state that may be subject to flooding
    20  shall have installed an operable water detector alarm of  such  manufac-
    21  ture,  design  and  installation standards as are established and deter-
    22  mined to be necessary by the council. For the purposes of this  subdivi-
    23  sion, (i) "water detector alarm" means an electronic device that detects
    24  the  presence of water and sets off an audible and visual alarm when its
    25  sensors are triggered; and (ii) "commercial building" means  a  building
    26  in which individuals are employed.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13161-02-1
        A. 8601                             2

     1    b.  Standards  for inspections of water detector alarms requiring that
     2  an appropriate and qualified  inspector,  as  determined  by  the  local
     3  government,  shall  perform  a  periodic inspection to ensure that every
     4  commercial building required to have a water detector alarm pursuant  to
     5  paragraph  a of this subdivision has such water detector alarm installed
     6  and it is in operable condition.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     8  it shall have become a law.