Bill Text: NY S05797 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires that certain boats shall be equipped with functioning marine carbon monoxide detectors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-04 - PRINT NUMBER 5797C [S05797 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05797-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5797--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 1, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  BROOKS, BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs,
          Tourism, Parks and Recreation -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
          recommitted to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,  Parks  and
          Recreation  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in  relation  to  requiring  working
          marine carbon monoxide detectors to be carried on closed bow 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)  No  vessel  that has an enclosed accommodation compartment may be
     9  operated on any navigable waters of the  state  unless  such  vessel  is
    10  equipped  with  a  functioning  marine  carbon monoxide detection system
    11  appropriate for such vessel and according to the manufacturer's instruc-
    12  tion. For the  purpose  of  this  section,  an  "enclosed  accommodation
    13  compartment"  means  one  contiguous space, surrounded by boat structure
    14  that contains all of the following:
    15    (i) designated sleeping accommodations;
    16    (ii) a galley area with sink; and
    17    (iii) a head compartment.
    18    (c) After the effective date of this subdivision, no new  vessel  that
    19  has  an  enclosed  accommodation  compartment may be sold or offered for
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09891-09-8
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     1  sale in the state unless such vessel is equipped with a new  functioning
     2  marine  carbon  monoxide  detection  system  installed  according to the
     3  manufacturer's instructions.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     5  it shall have become a law.