Bill Text: NY A08970 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires that certain boats shall be equipped with functioning marine carbon monoxide detectors.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-13 - returned to senate [A08970 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08970-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8970--B Cal. No. 755 IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- advanced to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to requiring working marine carbon monoxide detectors to be carried on certain boats The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 40 of the navigation law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 9-a to read as follows: 3 9-a. Marine carbon monoxide detectors. 4 (a) For the purposes of this section, a marine carbon monoxide 5 detection system shall mean a device or system that meets the require- 6 ments of the current version of the American Boat and Yacht Council 7 Standard A-24, for carbon monoxide detection systems. 8 (b) For the purpose of this section, an "enclosed accommodation 9 compartment" means one contiguous space, surrounded by boat structure 10 that contains all of the following: 11 (i) designated sleeping accommodations; 12 (ii) a galley area with sink; and 13 (iii) a head compartment. 14 (c) For the purposes of this section, "substantial renovations" shall 15 mean any renovation where the value of renovation work is equal to or 16 greater than the present market value of the vessel. 17 (d) After the effective date of this subdivision, no new vessel that 18 has an enclosed accommodation compartment or a vessel that undergoes 19 substantial renovations may be sold or offered for sale in the state 20 unless such vessel is equipped with a new functioning marine carbon 21 monoxide detection system installed according to the manufacturer's 22 instructions. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 24 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09891-18-8