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History
- Print number 6069a
- Amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
- Referred to rules
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Establishes installation and maintenance standards for gas station fire suppression systems
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Anthony Brindisi
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Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing installation and maintenance standards for gas station fire suppression systems
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to promote fire safety at gas stations by ensuring the state uniform fire prevention and building code includes installation and maintenance standards for gas station fire suppression systems.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one of the bill creates standards for gas station fire suppression systems. Such standards include requiring automatic fire extinguishing systems using an extinguishing agent to be suitable for petroleum fires, requires that such systems be monitored if they are at unattended service stations, requires that the dispensing area where liquid motor fuel is dispensed shall be provided with a dry chemical fire extinguishing system that meets certain requirements; and requires that such automatic fire extinguishing systems be serviced regularly.
The bill also provides that failure to comply with these requirements of this section could result in revocation of the building's certificate of occupancy and/or the permit to operate fueling dispensers.
Section two of the bill provides an effective date of 180 days after enactment.
Justification
New York has long led the nation when it comes to enacting commonsense safety regulations for drivers. This notion has also been extended to motorists filling up at their local gas station. This regulation has been on the books in New York for decades, and has protected many New Yorkers from serious harm. We need to ensure that this vital safety measure continues to be the law in New York. Gas station shut offs fail all the time, and once more, there is always residual fuel in the gas lines of the pump that when sparked can cause a vehicle to catch fire. Without these mandated fire suppression systems, New York motorists are at risk of hazardous injuries.
Prior legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred-eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the state fire prevention and building code council shall take any and all actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act on or before its effective date.
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