Bill Text: NY A10106 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the owner of a building shall be subject to a fine for violations which impede egress from the building during a fire or other emergency evacuation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-04 - referred to governmental operations [A10106 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A10106-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10106
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 4, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, ZEBROWSKI, MILLMAN, GALEF, COLTON,
GUNTHER, JAFFEE, ROBERTS, KEARNS, BARRETT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. CRESPO, LUPARDO, MAGEE, MARKEY, McENENY, ROBINSON, SCHIMMINGER,
THIELE, TITONE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing fines for
violations of the uniform fire prevention and building code when such
violation involves impeding egress from the building during a fire or
other emergency evacuation
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 382 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION OR USE OF A BUILDING IS IN VIOLATION OF ANY
4 PROVISION OF THE UNIFORM CODE OR ANY LAWFUL ORDER OBTAINED THEREUNDER,
5 AND SUCH VIOLATION IMPEDES EGRESS FROM A BUILDING DURING A FIRE OR OTHER
6 EMERGENCY EVACUATION, THE OWNER OF SUCH BUILDING SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A
7 FINE OF NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND
8 DOLLARS.
9 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15538-01-2
