Bill Text: NY A00625 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-03 - signed chap.18 [A00625 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00625-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           625

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 10, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        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:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 14 of section 378 of the  execu-
     2  tive law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the exec-
     3  utive law relating to exempting hot tubs or spas with safety covers from
     4  certain  provisions  of law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
     5  7858 and A. 8646, is amended to read as follows:
     6    c. hot tub or spa with a safety cover  which  complies  with  American
     7  Society  of Testing and Materials International standard F1346 (2003) or
     8  any similar standard which may be approved by the council [or] shall  be
     9  exempt  from  the  provisions of this subdivision and any swimming pool,
    10  other than a hot tub or spa, with an automatic power safety cover  which
    11  complies  with  American  Society of Testing and Materials International
    12  standard F1346 (2003) or any similar standard which may be  approved  by
    13  the  council  shall be exempt from the provisions of paragraph b of this
    14  subdivision.
    15    § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 14 of section  378  of  the  executive
    16  law,  as  added  by chapter 234 of the laws of 2007, is relettered para-
    17  graph d.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    19  manner  as  a  chapter  of  the  laws of 2022 amending the executive law
    20  relating to exempting hot tubs or spas with safety covers  from  certain
    21  provisions  of law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7858 and
    22  A. 8646, takes effect.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03983-01-3