Add Art 35-F SS759 & 759-a, Gen Bus L; amd S156, Exec L
Requires builders of one- and two-family dwellings having less than 3 stories to provide buyers with information on the installation and maintenance of automatic fire sprinkler systems.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4610--A
Cal. No. 945
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 15, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, DeFRANCISCO, ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer
Protection -- recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- reported favor-
ably 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 general business law and the executive law, in
relation to automatic sprinkler system requirements for one- and two-
family dwellings; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
certain conditions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
2 35-F to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 35-F
4 FIRE SPRINKLER INFORMATION
5 Section 759. Definitions.
6 759-a. Disclosure of automatic fire sprinkler system informa-
7 tion.
8 § 759. Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms
9 shall have the following meanings:
10 1. "Builder" means any person, corporation, partnership or other enti-
11 ty contracting with an owner for the construction of a one- or two-fami-
12 ly residential dwelling having less than three stories.
13 2. "Buyer" means any person or persons who have contracted or who
14 intend to contract with a builder for the construction of a one- or
15 two-family residential dwelling having less than three stories.
16 § 759-a. Disclosure of automatic fire sprinkler system information. A
17 builder of a one- or two-family residential dwelling having less than
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 three stories, prior to entering into a contract for construction of
2 such dwelling with a buyer, shall provide the buyer with a copy of writ-
3 ten materials prepared by the office of fire prevention and control
4 pursuant to subdivision twenty-one of section one hundred fifty-six of
5 the executive law, which details the benefits of and includes factors
6 that can affect the costs associated with the installation and mainte-
7 nance of an automatic fire sprinkler system. Upon request of the buyer,
8 the builder shall, at the buyer's expense, install an automatic fire
9 sprinkler system in such one- or two-family residential dwelling having
10 less than three stories.
11 § 2. Section 156 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
12 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
13 21. Provide written materials to consumers and builders which detail
14 the benefits of and include the factors that can affect costs associated
15 with the installation and maintenance of an automatic fire sprinkler
16 system for a one- or two-family residential dwelling.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
18 it shall have become a law; provided that, effective immediately, the
19 office of fire prevention and control is authorized and directed to
20 prepare the materials required by subdivision 21 of section 156 of the
21 executive law, as added by section two of this act, on or before such
22 effective date; and provided, further, that this act shall expire and be
23 deemed repealed upon the effective date of provisions of the New York
24 state uniform fire prevention and building code which are equivalent to
25 the terms of section 313.2 (relating to automatic fire sprinkler systems
26 in one- or two-family dwellings under three stories) of the Interna-
27 tional Residential Code (2009 edition) or any successor reversions ther-
28 eof requiring fire sprinklers for one- or two-family dwellings under
29 three stories; provided that the state fire administrator shall notify
30 the legislative bill drafting commission upon the adoption of such
31 provisions of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building
32 code in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
33 effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
34 York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
35 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
