S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                      May 2, 2012
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       Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed  to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
         Community Development
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  violations  of  the
         uniform fire prevention and building code
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 382 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4. WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION OR USE OF A BUILDING IS IN VIOLATION OF  ANY
    4  PROVISION  OF  THE UNIFORM CODE OR ANY LAWFUL ORDER OBTAINED THEREUNDER,
    5  AND SUCH VIOLATION IMPEDES EGRESS FROM A BUILDING DURING A FIRE OR OTHER
    6  EMERGENCY EVACUATION, THE OWNER OF SUCH BUILDING SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  A
    7  FINE  OF  NOT  LESS  THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND
    8  DOLLARS.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15692-01-2