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                                   1936
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLE-
   BRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  SUNY  and
   CUNY  authorities  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:
 
   Section  1. The board of trustees of the state university of New York,
 the board of trustees of the city university of New York and the council
 of governing boards for the  independent  colleges  of  New  York  shall
 conduct a study concerning the safety of New York state college students
 in  dormitories, fraternities, sororities, laboratories, physical educa-
 tion facilities, dining facilities, educational  facilities  and  recre-
 ational  facilities. This study shall include information including, but
 not limited to, the number and percentage of buildings without  adequate
 fire  extinguishment  equipment including, but not limited to, sprinkler
 systems, fire extinguishers, fire hoses and smoke alarms.  Additionally,
 an analysis of the cost of retrofitting existing facilities with  sprin-
 kler  systems  must  be provided along with a plan and time schedule for
 the completion of such retrofitting. A report containing the information
 required by this section shall be submitted  to  the  governor  and  the
 legislature not later than December 1, 2023.
   §  2.  Section  355  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. PLAN FOR PROVIDING FIRE SAFETY. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ADOPT RULES REQUIRING THAT EACH INSTITUTION
 OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 FOUR, ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO CAUSE ALL BUILDINGS UNDER THE JURIS-
 DICTION  OF SUCH INSTITUTION CONTAINING DORMITORY FACILITIES FOR STUDENT
 USE TO BE CONSTRUCTED  OR  RETROFITTED  WITH  A  SYSTEM  OF  PIPING  AND
 APPURTENANCES,  DESIGNED  AND  INSTALLED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH GENERALLY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ACCEPTED STANDARDS SO THAT HEAT FROM A  FIRE  WILL  AUTOMATICALLY  CAUSE
 WATER  TO  BE DISCHARGED OVER SUCH FIRE AREA TO EXTINGUISH IT OR PREVENT
 ITS FURTHER SPREAD. ALL RETROFITTING SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN  A  THREE
 YEAR PERIOD FROM THE DATE ANY SUCH PLAN IS ADOPTED.
   §  3.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK  SHALL
 ADOPT  RULES  REQUIRING THAT EACH INSTITUTION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY, ON
 OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, ADOPT AND  IMPLEMENT  A
 PLAN  TO  CAUSE ALL BUILDINGS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH INSTITUTION
 CONTAINING DORMITORY FACILITIES FOR STUDENT USE  TO  BE  CONSTRUCTED  OR
 RETROFITTED  WITH  A  SYSTEM  OF  PIPING AND APPURTENANCES, DESIGNED AND
 INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS SO  THAT  HEAT
 FROM  A  FIRE  WILL AUTOMATICALLY CAUSE WATER TO BE DISCHARGED OVER SUCH
 FIRE AREA TO EXTINGUISH IT OR PREVENT ITS FURTHER SPREAD. ALL  RETROFIT-
 TING  SHALL  BE  COMPLETED  WITHIN A THREE YEAR PERIOD FROM THE DATE ANY
 SUCH PLAN IS ADOPTED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.