NY State Senate Bill 2021-S240B

Senate Bill S240B

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel

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May 09, 2022	referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate
May 05, 2022	amended on third reading 240b
May 02, 2022	advanced to third reading
Apr 27, 2022	2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2022	1st report cal.814
Apr 20, 2022	print number 240a
Apr 20, 2022	amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development
Jan 05, 2022	referred to housing, construction and community development
Jun 10, 2021	committed to rules
May 10, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 05, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 04, 2021	1st report cal.915
Jan 06, 2021	referred to housing, construction and community development

Votes

- May 9, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S240B
  
  45
  
  Aye
  
  17
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 9, 2022
      
      aye (45)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      nay (17)
      
      Akshar
      
      Borrello
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Jordan
      
      Lanza
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rath III
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serino
      
      Stec
      
      Tedisco
      
      excused (1)
      
      Brouk
  Apr 26, 2022 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S240B
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2022
      
      aye (8)
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Boyle
      
      Brisport
      
      Helming
  May 4, 2021 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S240B
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: May 4, 2021
      
      aye (8)
      
      Brisport
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mannion
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Boyle
      
      Helming
      
      Martucci

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2021-S240 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10286
Current Committee:: Assembly Housing
Law Section:: Multiple Residence Law
Laws Affected:: Add §16, Mult Res L; add §15, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6918
2023-2024: S2294, A2134

2021-S240 - Summary

Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel upon the request of such personnel, where the physical safety of such residents must be accounted for by ascertaining their whereabouts.

2021-S240 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S240

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the multiple residence law and the multiple dwelling
law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of resi-
dents to emergency personnel

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to insure that emergency services are able
to determine the safety of the residents of a building after a fire.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the multiple residence law by adding a new section 16,
which provides for owners or agents of multiple residences to provide
emergency personnel names and contact information of affected residents
in the case of an emergency.

Section 2 amends the multiple dwelling law by adding a new section 15,
which provides for owners or agents of multiple dwelling to provide
emergency personnel names and contact information of affected residents
in the case of an emergency.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On August 11, 2019, a fire in a Yonkers Apartment building displaced
eighty-six people displaced from their homes. The fire caused excessive
damage to the five-story building and took 60 firefighters.  Luckily, no
one was injured by the fire but during the blaze emergency responders
were unable to determine who was safely out of the building. When emer-
gency personnel contacted the building ownership to determine if every-
one was safely evacuated, it was difficult to get a list of who was
living in the building and their contact.

In the case of an emergency, first responders are best equipped to do
their job and prevent the loss of life when they are fully informed.
When triaging an emergency preventing the loss of life or injury is
critical but when the information required to do so is with held this
task in even more difficult.

This bill seeks to help preserve the life and health of residents of
multiple dwelling/residence building by enabling emergency personnel to
have access to the information they need.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

56918 of 2020 Referred to Housing, Construction and Community Develop-
ment

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect thirty (30) days after becoming law.

2021-S240 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    240
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the multiple residence law and the multiple dwelling
   law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
   and multiple dwellings to provide names  and  contact  information  of
   residents to emergency personnel
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The multiple residence law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 16 to read as follows:
   §  16.  MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE  EMERGENCY  INFORMATION. IN THE CASE OF AN
 EMERGENCY AFFECTING A MULTIPLE RESIDENCE, THE OWNER  OR  AGENT  OF  SUCH
 MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND
 CONTACT INFORMATION OF ALL  AFFECTED  RESIDENTS  OR  OCCUPANTS  OF  SUCH
 MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE AS IS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY OF SUCH RESI-
 DENTS OR OCCUPANTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN EMERGENCY SHALL
 INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO  FIRES,  GAS  LEAKS,  BUILDING  COLLAPSES,
 NATURAL DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE THE PHYSICAL
 SAFETY  OF  RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING THEIR WHERE-
 ABOUTS.
   § 2. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new  section  15
 to read as follows:
   § 15. MULTIPLE DWELLING EMERGENCY INFORMATION. IN THE CASE OF AN EMER-
 GENCY AFFECTING A MULTIPLE DWELLING, THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH MULTIPLE
 DWELLING  SHALL  PROVIDE  EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND CONTACT
 INFORMATION OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS  OR  OCCUPANTS  OF  SUCH  MULTIPLE
 DWELLING  AS  IS  REQUIRED  TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY OF SUCH RESIDENTS OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02663-01-1

 S. 240                              2
 
 OCCUPANTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN EMERGENCY SHALL  INCLUDE
 BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO  FIRES, GAS LEAKS, BUILDING COLLAPSES, NATURAL
 DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE THE PHYSICAL  SAFETY
 OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING THEIR WHEREABOUTS.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

2021-S240A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10286
Current Committee:: Assembly Housing
Law Section:: Multiple Residence Law
Laws Affected:: Add §16, Mult Res L; add §15, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6918
2023-2024: S2294, A2134

2021-S240A - Summary

2021-S240A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S240A

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the multiple residence law and the multiple dwelling
law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of resi-
dents to emergency personnel

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to insure that emergency services are able
to determine the safety of the residents of a building after a fire.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the multiple residence law by adding a new section 16,
which provides for owners or agents of multiple residences to provide
emergency personnel names and contact information of affected residents
in the case of an emergency.

Section 2 amends the multiple dwelling law by adding a new section 15,
which provides for owners or agents of multiple dwelling to provide
emergency personnel names and contact information of affected residents
in the case of an emergency.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On August 11, 2019, a fire in a Yonkers Apartment building displaced
eighty-six people displaced from their homes. The fire caused excessive
damage to the five-story building and took 60 firefighters.  Luckily, no
one was injured by the fire but during the blaze emergency responders
were unable to determine who was safely out of the building. When emer-
gency personnel contacted the building ownership to determine if every-
one was safely evacuated, it was difficult to get a list of who was
living in the building and their contact.

In the case of an emergency, first responders are best equipped to do
their job and prevent the loss of life when they are fully informed.
When triaging an emergency preventing the loss of life or injury is
critical but when the information required to do so is with held this
task in even more difficult.

This bill seeks to help preserve the life and health of residents of
multiple dwelling/residence building by enabling emergency personnel to
have access to the information they need.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S6918 of 2020 Referred to Housing, Construction and Community Develop-
ment

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect thirty (30) days after becoming law.

2021-S240A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  240--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community  Development  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Housing,
   Construction and Community Development in accordance with Senate  Rule
   6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple residence law  and  the  multiple  dwelling
   law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
   and  multiple  dwellings  to  provide names and contact information of
   residents to emergency personnel
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  multiple  residence  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 16 to read as follows:
   § 16. MULTIPLE RESIDENCE EMERGENCY INFORMATION. 1.  IN THE CASE OF  AN
 EMERGENCY  AFFECTING  A  MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE, THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL,  INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND
 CONTACT  INFORMATION  OF  ALL  AFFECTED  RESIDENTS  OR OCCUPANTS OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE AS IS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY OF SUCH  RESI-
 DENTS OR OCCUPANTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN EMERGENCY SHALL
 INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO FIRES, GAS LEAKS, BUILDING COLLAPSES,
 NATURAL DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE THE PHYSICAL
 SAFETY OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING  THEIR  WHERE-
 ABOUTS.
   2. THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH MULTIPLE RESIDENCE SHALL ANNUALLY UPDATE
 THE  LIST  OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS OR
 OCCUPANTS OF SUCH MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE.  SPECIFIC  AND  INFORMED  WRITTEN
 CONSENT  SHALL  BE  OBTAINED BY THE OWNER OR AGENT OF THE MULTIPLE RESI-
 DENCE FROM EACH OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT EACH TIME THE LIST IS  UPDATED  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02663-02-2
 S. 240--A                           2
 
 NO  OCCUPANT'S  OR  RESIDENT'S  NAME  OR  CONTACT  INFORMATION  SHALL BE
 INCLUDED IN SUCH  LIST  WITHOUT  THEIR  SPECIFIC  AND  INFORMED  WRITTEN
 CONSENT.  WRITTEN  NOTICE  SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT
 ABOUT THE CONTACT LIST AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THAT SUCH
 LIST IS MAINTAINED BY THE OWNER AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OPTING-OUT.
   3. SUCH LIST OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL ONLY BE MAINTAINED
 FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  AN  EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND SHALL NOT BE DISSEM-
 INATED, USED OR ACCESSED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL FOR  ANY  OTHER
 PURPOSES.
   §  2.  The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section 15
 to read as follows:
   § 15. MULTIPLE DWELLING EMERGENCY INFORMATION. 1.  IN THE CASE  OF  AN
 EMERGENCY  AFFECTING  A  MULTIPLE  DWELLING,  THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE  PERSONNEL,  INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND
 CONTACT  INFORMATION  OF  ALL  AFFECTED  RESIDENTS  OR OCCUPANTS OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE DWELLING AS IS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY OF  SUCH  RESI-
 DENTS OR OCCUPANTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN EMERGENCY SHALL
 INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO FIRES, GAS LEAKS, BUILDING COLLAPSES,
 NATURAL DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE THE PHYSICAL
 SAFETY OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING  THEIR  WHERE-
 ABOUTS.
   2.  THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL ANNUALLY UPDATE
 THE LIST OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF ALL AFFECTED  RESIDENTS  OR
 OCCUPANTS  OF  SUCH  MULTIPLE  DWELLING.  SPECIFIC  AND INFORMED WRITTEN
 CONSENT SHALL BE OBTAINED BY THE OWNER OR AGENT OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING
 FROM EACH OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT EACH TIME THE  LIST  IS  UPDATED  AND  NO
 OCCUPANT'S  OR  RESIDENT'S NAME OR CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL BE INCLUDED
 IN SUCH LIST WITHOUT THEIR SPECIFIC AND INFORMED WRITTEN CONSENT.  WRIT-
 TEN  NOTICE  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  TO  THE OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT ABOUT THE
 CONTACT LIST AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THAT SUCH  LIST  IS
 MAINTAINED BY THE OWNER AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OPTING-OUT.
   3. SUCH LIST OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL ONLY BE MAINTAINED
 FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  AN  EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND SHALL NOT BE DISSEM-
 INATED, USED OR ACCESSED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL FOR  ANY  OTHER
 PURPOSES.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2021-S240B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10286
Current Committee:: Assembly Housing
Law Section:: Multiple Residence Law
Laws Affected:: Add §16, Mult Res L; add §15, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6918
2023-2024: S2294, A2134

2021-S240B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S240B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S240B

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the multiple residence law and the multiple dwelling
law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of resi-
dents to emergency personnel

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to insure that emergency services are able
to determine the safety of the residents of a building after a fire.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the multiple residence law by adding a new section 16,
which provides for owners or agents of multiple residences to provide
emergency personnel names and contact information of affected residents
in the case of an emergency.

Section 2 amends the multiple dwelling law by adding a new section 15,
which provides for owners or agents of multiple dwelling to provide
emergency personnel names and contact information of affected residents
in the case of an emergency.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On August 11, 2019, a fire in a Yonkers Apartment building displaced
eighty-six people displaced from their homes. The fire caused excessive
damage to the five-story building and took 60 firefighters.  Luckily, no
one was injured by the fire but during the blaze emergency responders
were unable to determine who was safely out of the building. When emer-
gency personnel contacted the building ownership to determine if every-
one was safely evacuated, it was difficult to get a list of who was
living in the building and their contact.

In the case of an emergency, first responders are best equipped to do
their job and prevent the loss of life when they are fully informed.
When triaging an emergency preventing the loss of life or injury is
critical but when the information required to do so is with held this
task in even more difficult.

This bill seeks to help preserve the life and health of residents of
multiple dwelling/residence building by enabling emergency personnel to
have access to the information they need.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S6918 of 2020 Referred to Housing, Construction and Community Develop-
ment

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect thirty (30) days after becoming law.

2021-S240B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  240--B
     Cal. No. 814
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community  Development  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Housing,
   Construction and Community Development in accordance with Senate  Rule
   6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported  favorably  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 multiple residence law  and  the  multiple  dwelling
   law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
   and  multiple  dwellings  to  provide names and contact information of
   residents to emergency personnel
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  multiple  residence  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 16 to read as follows:
   § 16. MULTIPLE RESIDENCE EMERGENCY INFORMATION. 1.  IN THE CASE OF  AN
 EMERGENCY  AFFECTING  A  MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE, THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL,  UPON  THE
 REQUEST  OF  SUCH EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND CONTACT  INFOR-
 MATION  OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS OR OCCUPANTS AS LISTED IN THE LEASE OF
 SUCH MULTIPLE RESIDENCE AS IS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY  OF  SUCH
 RESIDENTS  OR  OCCUPANTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN EMERGENCY
 SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO  FIRES,  GAS  LEAKS,  BUILDING
 COLLAPSES,  NATURAL  DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE
 THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR  BY  ASCERTAINING
 THEIR WHEREABOUTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02663-03-2
 S. 240--B                           2
 
   2. THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH MULTIPLE RESIDENCE SHALL UPDATE THE LIST
 OF  NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS OR OCCUPANTS
 OF SUCH MULTIPLE RESIDENCE UPON THE EXECUTION  OF  A  NEW  LEASE,  LEASE
 RENEWAL  OR LEASE AMENDMENT. SPECIFIC AND INFORMED WRITTEN CONSENT SHALL
 BE  OBTAINED  BY  THE OWNER OR AGENT OF THE MULTIPLE RESIDENCE FROM EACH
 OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT EACH TIME THE LIST IS UPDATED AND NO OCCUPANT'S  OR
 RESIDENT'S  NAME  OR  CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN SUCH LIST
 WITHOUT THEIR SPECIFIC AND  INFORMED  WRITTEN  CONSENT.  WRITTEN  NOTICE
 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT ABOUT THE CONTACT LIST AND
 SHALL  INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THAT SUCH LIST IS MAINTAINED BY THE
 OWNER AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OPTING-OUT.
   3. SUCH LIST OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL ONLY BE MAINTAINED
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION  AND  SHALL  NOT  BE  DISSEM-
 INATED,  USED  OR ACCESSED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL FOR ANY OTHER
 PURPOSES.
   § 2. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new  section  15
 to read as follows:
   §  15.  MULTIPLE DWELLING EMERGENCY INFORMATION. 1.  IN THE CASE OF AN
 EMERGENCY AFFECTING A MULTIPLE DWELLING, THE  OWNER  OR  AGENT  OF  SUCH
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING  SHALL  PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, UPON THE
 REQUEST OF SUCH EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO  LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFOR-
 MATION OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS OR OCCUPANTS AS LISTED IN THE LEASE  OF
 SUCH  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  AS IS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY OF SUCH
 RESIDENTS OR OCCUPANTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  AN  EMERGENCY
 SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO  FIRES,  GAS  LEAKS,  BUILDING
 COLLAPSES, NATURAL DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER  EVENTS  WHERE
 THE  PHYSICAL  SAFETY OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING
 THEIR WHEREABOUTS.
   2. THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL UPDATE THE  LIST
 OF  NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS OR OCCUPANTS
 OF SUCH MULTIPLE DWELLING UPON THE  EXECUTION  OF  A  NEW  LEASE,  LEASE
 RENEWAL OR LEASE AMENDMENT.  SPECIFIC AND INFORMED WRITTEN CONSENT SHALL
 BE  OBTAINED  BY  THE  OWNER OR AGENT OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING FROM EACH
 OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT EACH TIME THE LIST IS UPDATED AND NO OCCUPANT'S  OR
 RESIDENT'S  NAME  OR  CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN SUCH LIST
 WITHOUT THEIR SPECIFIC AND  INFORMED  WRITTEN  CONSENT.  WRITTEN  NOTICE
 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT ABOUT THE CONTACT LIST AND
 SHALL  INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THAT SUCH LIST IS MAINTAINED BY THE
 OWNER AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OPTING-OUT.
   3. SUCH LIST OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL ONLY BE MAINTAINED
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION  AND  SHALL  NOT  BE  DISSEM-
 INATED,  USED  OR ACCESSED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL FOR ANY OTHER
 PURPOSES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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