NEW YORK STATE REQUIRES CO DETECTORS
Summary - A02424
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
requiring the installation of carbon monoxide detectors.
PURPOSE : To require the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 5-a which states standards for
installation of carbon monoxide detectors requiring that every one or
two-family dwelling or any dwelling accommodation located in a building
owned as a condominium or cooperative in the state, constructed or offered
for sale after the effective date of this subdivision, shall have installed
an operable carbon monoxide detector of such manufacture, design and
installation standards as are established by the council.
Section 2. Effective date.
EXISTING LAW : None
JUSTIFICATION : As with smoke detectors/fire alarms many years ago,
carbon monoxide detectors have earned the respect of the fire service as a
valuable tool in the saving of lives.
Everyone recognizes that carbon monoxide kills if not responded to
immediately. The most serious quality of C02 is that, unlike smoke, it is
virtually undetectable, even when someone is awake and alert. Carbon
monoxide detectors should be installed in one and two family dwellings and
in condominiums and cooperatives in order to prevent the loss of life.
The bill provides that standards for carbon monoxide detectors and their
installation shall be established by the State Fire Prevention and Building
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : A.9828/S.6684 of 2000.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : None.
EFFECTIVE DATE : Immediately.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
2001-2002 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2001
Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, TONKO, HOYT, MARKEY, SMITH, PHEFFER, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, CLARK, A. COHEN, M. COHEN, COOK, GRANNIS, GREEN, GROMACK, HIKIND, MAGEE, McENENY, MILLMAN, TOKASZ, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on
Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the installation of carbon monoxide detectors
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
5-A. STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS REQUIRING THAT EVERY ONE OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING OR ANY DWELLING ACCOMMODATION LOCATED IN A BUILDING OWNED AS A CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE IN THE STATE, CONSTRUCTED OR OFFERED FOR SALE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL HAVE INSTALLED AN OPERABLE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR OF SUCH MANUFACTURE, DESIGN AND INSTALLATION STANDARDS AS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations by the secretary of state necessary for the implementation of the foregoing section of this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.