Requires that release mechanism standards be developed by the state fire prevention and building code council based on internationally recognized standards.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7731--A
Cal. No. 1019
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
November 1, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to swimming pool enclo-
sures
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 378 of the execu-
2 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 75 and 234 of the laws of
3 2007, is amended to read as follows:
4 a. gates required to be provided in a swimming pool enclosure shall be
5 self-closing and self-latching [with the latch handle located within the
6 enclosure and at least forty inches above grade], and shall be securely
7 locked with a key, combination or other child proof lock sufficient to
8 prevent access to such swimming pool through such gate when such swim-
9 ming pool is not in use or supervised. Release mechanism standards shall
10 be developed by the state fire prevention and building code council
11 based on internationally recognized standards;
12 § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2025. Effective imme-
13 diately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
14 lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
15 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
16 date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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