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- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.846
- Referred to consumer protection
- Referred to rules
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Relates to the sale of fire extinguishers
In Assembly Committee · Consumer Affairs And Protection · Sponsor Micah Kellner
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5841
Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of fire extinguishers
Purpose or general idea of bill
To strengthen current regulations relating to fire extinguishers.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1: Amends Section § 391-j of the General Business Law to allow for the expansion of new technologies or alternative arrangements to be developed for portable fire extinguishers not identified in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) performance standards, specifically NFPA 10.
Section 2: This act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
Section § 391-j of the General Business Law states that it "shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale fire extinguishers unless the fire extinguishers offered for sale: (a) meet the current National Fire Protection Association standards for fire extinguishers." NFPA 10 § 4.1.1(2) identifies standards for six different type of conventional fire extinguishers: (a) carbon dioxide types; (b) dry chemical types; (c) water types; (d) halon types; (e) film-forming foam types; and (f) halocarbon types. However, new technologies for fire extinguishers have been developed since the NFPA standards were last revised. Because a specific NFPA performance standard has yet to be promulgated, it should not prevent a new and innovative-firefighting technology to come into the marketplace.
As amended, Section 391-j would allow these new technologies for portable fire extinguishes to come into the marketplace as long as such fire extinguishers are certified by a nationally accredited testing facility. Allowing for new technologies or alternative arrangements to come into the marketplace was clearly the intent of the NFPA standards as evidenced by NFPA 10 § 1.2.2, which states nothing in this standard shall he construed as a restriction on new technologies or alternative arrangements, provided that the level of protection as herein described is not lowered and is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction."
Prior legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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