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                                    469
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RODRIGUEZ  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring  combustible
   gas detectors in certain structures
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. A. (I) STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION  OF  COMBUSTIBLE  GAS  DETECTORS
 REQUIRING,  NO  LATER  THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN THAT EVERY
 ONE OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING, OR ANY DWELLING ACCOMMODATION LOCATED  IN  A
 BUILDING  OWNED  AS  A  CONDOMINIUM  OR  COOPERATIVE IN THE STATE OR ANY
 MULTIPLE DWELLINGS SHALL HAVE  INSTALLED  AN  OPERABLE  COMBUSTIBLE  GAS
 DETECTOR  OF  SUCH MANUFACTURE, DESIGN AND INSTALLATION STANDARDS AS ARE
 ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL.
   (II) STANDARDS FOR THE REPORTING OF GAS LEAKS REPORTED  VIA  AUTOMATIC
 TRANSMISSION  TO  A GAS COMPANY BY A GAS DETECTOR BY SUCH GAS COMPANIES.
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH STANDARDS SHALL REQUIRE A  GAS  COMPANY  TO
 ISSUE  AN  ANNUAL  REPORT  DETAILING  THE  NUMBER OF LEAKS RECEIVED IN A
 CALENDAR YEAR DISAGGREGATED BY COUNTY.
   B. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTOR MEANS AN
 ALARM DEVICE THAT COMPLIES WITH THE APPLICABLE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN
 NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, OR ITS SUCCESSORS, FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVICES
 FOR THE DETECTION OF  COMBUSTIBLE  QUANTITIES  OF  METHANE  AND  PROPANE
 GASES,  UNLESS  SUCH  STANDARDS  ARE  SUPERSEDED BY RULES ADOPTED BY THE
 COUNCIL.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH DEVICES SHALL FURTHER BE EQUIPPED
 WITH TECHNOLOGY ENABLING SUCH DEVICES TO AUTOMATICALLY REPORT THE OCCUR-
 RENCE OF EACH GAS LEAK DETECTED BY SUCH DEVICES TO THE COMPANY PROVIDING
 GAS TO THE DWELLING IN WHICH SUCH DEVICE IS LOCATED.
   C. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, MULTIPLE DWELLING MEANS A  DWELL-
 ING WHICH IS EITHER RENTED, LEASED, LET OR HIRED OUT, TO BE OCCUPIED, OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD04702-01-7

 A. 469                              2
 
 IS  OCCUPIED AS THE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR HOME OF THREE OR
 MORE FAMILIES LIVING INDEPENDENTLY OF  EACH  OTHER,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO THE FOLLOWING: A TENEMENT, FLAT HOUSE, MAISONETTE APARTMENT,
 APARTMENT  HOUSE,  APARTMENT  HOTEL,  TOURIST HOUSE, BACHELOR APARTMENT,
 STUDIO APARTMENT, DUPLEX APARTMENT, KITCHENETTE APARTMENT, HOTEL,  LODG-
 ING  HOUSE,  ROOMING HOUSE, BOARDING HOUSE, BOARDING AND NURSERY SCHOOL,
 FURNISHED ROOM HOUSE, CLUB, SORORITY HOUSE,  FRATERNITY  HOUSE,  COLLEGE
 AND  SCHOOL  DORMITORY,  CONVALESCENT, OLD AGE OR NURSING HOMES OR RESI-
 DENCES. IT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A DWELLING, TWO OR MORE STORIES IN HEIGHT,
 AND WITH FIVE OR MORE BOARDERS, ROOMERS OR LODGERS RESIDING WITH ANY ONE
 FAMILY. NEW CONSTRUCTION SHALL MEAN A NEW FACILITY OR A SEPARATE  BUILD-
 ING ADDED TO AN EXISTING FACILITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.