Bill Text: NY A00221 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the owners of multiple dwellings with at least seven units, to provide, install and maintain screens for every window in a residential unit of such dwelling.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to housing [A00221 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00221-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          221
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Housing
       AN  ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to requiring the
         owners of certain multiple dwellings to provide, install and  maintain
         screens for every window in a residential unit of such dwelling
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The multiple dwelling  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 30-a to read as follows:
    3    S  30-A. SCREEN WINDOWS. 1. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY
    4  ONLY TO MULTIPLE DWELLINGS ERECTED AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
    5  SECTION,  AND  SHALL  APPLY  TO  MULTIPLE  DWELLINGS WITH AT LEAST SEVEN
    6  UNITS.
    7    2. (A) THE OWNER OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL PROVIDE,  INSTALL  AND
    8  MAINTAIN WELL FITTED AND MOVABLE WINDOW SCREENS ON EVERY WINDOW IN EVERY
    9  RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT OF SUCH MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   10    (B)  SUCH SCREENS SHALL BE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION SUCH AS TO EFFEC-
   11  TIVELY PREVENT INGRESS OF OUTDOOR INSECT  PESTS,  FACILITATE  EGRESS  IN
   12  CASE OF EMERGENCY, AND PERMIT ROUTINE WINDOW MAINTENANCE.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01031-01-3