Senate Bill S1347

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Exempts hot tubs or spas with safety covers from certain standards of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code

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Current Bill Status Via A625 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-S1347 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A625
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L (as proposed in S.7858 & A.8646)

2023-S1347 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts hot tubs or spas with safety covers from certain standards of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code.

2023-S1347 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1347 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1347
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to exempting hot tubs  or
   spas  from  certain  standards  of  the  New  York  state uniform fire
   prevention and building code

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph c of subdivision 14 of section 378 of the execu-
 tive law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the exec-
 utive law relating to exempting hot tubs or spas with safety covers from
 certain provisions of law, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.
 7858 and A. 8646, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  hot  tub  or  spa with a safety cover which complies with American
 Society of Testing and Materials International standard F1346 (2003)  or
 any  similar standard which may be approved by the council [or] SHALL BE
 EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND  ANY  swimming  pool,
 other  than a hot tub or spa, with an automatic power safety cover which
 complies with American Society of Testing  and  Materials  International
 standard  F1346  (2003) or any similar standard which may be approved by
 the council shall be exempt from the provisions of PARAGRAPH B  OF  this
 subdivision.
   §  2.  Paragraph  c  of subdivision 14 of section 378 of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 234 of the laws of 2007,  is  relettered  para-
 graph d.
   §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws  of  2022  amending  the  executive  law
 relating  to  exempting hot tubs or spas with safety covers from certain
 provisions of law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7858  and
 A. 8646, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03983-01-3

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