Bill Text: NY A09888 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that release mechanism standards be developed by the state fire prevention and building code council based on internationally recognized standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-04 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A09888 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09888-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         9888--C

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 26, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the  Commit-
          tee  on  Codes  --  reported and referred to the Committee on Rules --
          again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered  reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to swimming pool enclo-
          sures

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 378 of the execu-
     2  tive law, as separately amended by chapters 75 and 234 of  the  laws  of
     3  2007, is amended to read as follows:
     4    a. gates required to be provided in a swimming pool enclosure shall be
     5  self-closing and self-latching [with the latch handle located within the
     6  enclosure  and at least forty inches above grade], and shall be securely
     7  locked with a key, combination or other child proof lock  sufficient  to
     8  prevent  access  to such swimming pool through such gate when such swim-
     9  ming pool is not in use or supervised. Release mechanism standards shall
    10  be developed by the state fire  prevention  and  building  code  council
    11  based on internationally recognized standards;
    12    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect December 31, 2025. Effective imme-
    13  diately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of  any  rule  or  regu-
    14  lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
    15  date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
    16  date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13322-09-4