STATE OF NEW YORK
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3910
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring intercon-
nectable smoke detecting devices to be installed in certain residen-
tial buildings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kerry Rose
2 Fitzsimons fire safety act".
3 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 5-b of section 378 of the executive
4 law, as separately amended by chapters 96 and 506 of the laws of 1988,
5 is amended to read as follows:
6 a. every one or two-family dwelling [or any] shall have installed an
7 operable interconnectable smoke detecting device or devices. Any dwell-
8 ing accommodation located in a building owned as a condominium or coop-
9 erative in the state used as a residence shall have installed an opera-
10 ble single station smoke detecting alarm device or devices,
11 § 3. Section 372 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
12 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
13 20. "Interconnectable smoke detecting device" or "interconnectable
14 smoke detecting alarm device" means a battery operated or hard-wired
15 smoke detecting alarm device that communicates with other such devices
16 so that when one such device give warnings the other interconnectable
17 smoke detecting alarm devices will also give warnings.
18 § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2028; provided, however,
19 that effective immediately, the addition and/or repeal of any rule or
20 regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
21 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
22 date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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