Bill Text: NY S04180 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires colleges to provide written notification to students whether college-owned housing is equipped with sprinkler systems.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5715A [S04180 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S04180-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4180--B Cal. No. 419 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 13, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ROBACH, ADDABBO, AVELLA, DILAN, FLANAGAN, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit- tee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring colleges to notify students whether dormitories are equipped with sprinkler systems THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438 2 to read as follows: 3 S 6438. NOTIFICATION OF FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS AND MEASURES IN ALL 4 COLLEGE-OWNED OR COLLEGE-OPERATED HOUSING. EACH COLLEGE SHALL PROVIDE 5 WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO STUDENTS RESIDING IN COLLEGE-OWNED OR 6 COLLEGE-OPERATED HOUSING WITH REGARD TO A DESCRIPTION OF SUCH HOUSING 7 FACILITY'S FIRE SAFETY SYSTEM, INCLUDING WHETHER THE HOUSING IS OR IS 8 NOT EQUIPPED WITH A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. EACH COLLEGE SHALL ALSO INDICATE, 9 WITHIN SUCH WRITTEN NOTIFICATION, HOW TO ACCESS THE CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY 10 REPORT ON STUDENT HOUSING AS REQUIRED UNDER TITLE 20 OF THE U.S. CODE 11 SECTION 1092(I). FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SPRINKLER SYSTEM" 12 SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-A OF 13 THE EXECUTIVE LAW. 14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08455-06-3