Assembly Bill A4691

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that certain boats shall be equipped with functioning marine carbon monoxide detectors

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A4691 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1640
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §40, Nav L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5797
2021-2022: A5565, S1270

2019-A4691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that certain boats shall be equipped with functioning marine carbon monoxide detectors.

2019-A4691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4691
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, ENGLEBRIGHT, COOK, TAYLOR, BARRON,
   ARROYO, RIVERA, RICHARDSON, GOTTFRIED,  MOSLEY,  MONTESANO  --  Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN, M. L. MILLER, SIMON -- read once and
   referred  to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Develop-
   ment

 AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in  relation  to  requiring  working
   marine carbon monoxide detectors to be carried on certain boats
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 40 of the navigation law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 9-a to read as follows:
   9-A. MARINE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.
   (A) FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  A  MARINE  CARBON  MONOXIDE
 DETECTION  SYSTEM  SHALL MEAN A DEVICE OR SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE  AMERICAN  BOAT  AND  YACHT  COUNCIL
 STANDARD A-24, FOR CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTION SYSTEMS.
   (B)  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  AN "ENCLOSED ACCOMMODATION
 COMPARTMENT" MEANS ONE CONTIGUOUS SPACE, SURROUNDED  BY  BOAT  STRUCTURE
 THAT CONTAINS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) DESIGNATED SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS;
   (II) A GALLEY AREA WITH SINK; AND
   (III) A HEAD COMPARTMENT.
   (C)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS" SHALL
 MEAN ANY RENOVATION WHERE THE VALUE OF RENOVATION WORK IS  EQUAL  TO  OR
 GREATER THAN THE PRESENT MARKET VALUE OF THE VESSEL.
   (D)  AFTER  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NO NEW VESSEL THAT
 HAS AN ENCLOSED ACCOMMODATION COMPARTMENT OR  A  VESSEL  THAT  UNDERGOES
 SUBSTANTIAL  RENOVATIONS  MAY  BE  SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE STATE
 UNLESS SUCH VESSEL IS EQUIPPED WITH  A  NEW  FUNCTIONING  MARINE  CARBON
 MONOXIDE  DETECTION  SYSTEM  INSTALLED  ACCORDING  TO THE MANUFACTURER'S
 INSTRUCTIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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