STATE OF NEW YORK
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1423
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- 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 requiring every
college and university to install and retrofit dormitory buildings
with sprinkler systems
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 a new
2 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
3 17. Standards for sprinkler systems in all college housing. Each
4 college or university shall, on or before March first, two thousand
5 nineteen, construct or retrofit a system of piping and appurtenances,
6 designed and installed in accordance with generally accepted standards,
7 in all buildings under the jurisdiction of such institution containing
8 dormitory facilities for student use, so that heat from a fire will
9 automatically cause water to be discharged over such fire area to extin-
10 guish it or prevent its further spread.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00753-01-7
