Requires a certain class (J-2) of residential buildings in New York city to have emergency lighting in like manner as a certain other class (J-1) of residential buildings.

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S1292-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
• Jan 6, 2011: REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

S1292-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1292

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to
requiring emergency lighting or illumination in certain residential
buildings

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require a certain class of residential buildings in New York city
to have emergency lighting in like manner as other residential
buildings.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 27-3024.1 to the administrative code of
the city of New York that requires buildings classified as J-2
(apartment houses and apartment hotels, to be equipped with emergency
lighting).
This classification of residential buildings shall conform to J-1
residential buildings which are hotels, motels, lodging houses and
rooming houses.

JUSTIFICATION:
The blackout of August 2003 wreaked havoc throughout the state but
especially in New York city where residential buildings do not have
emergency lighting.
It is an absolute necessity that all residential apartment buildings
are equipped with lighting to assist individuals, young and old
alike, to egress safely from their homes.

This legislation will bring into conformity residential apartment
buildings with all other types of residential facilities.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009:  S.3342 (Duane), Died in Housing
2010:  S.3342 (Duane), Died in Housing

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S1292-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    1292

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               January 6, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  DUANE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
    Community Development

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
    relation to requiring emergency lighting or  illumination  in  certain
    residential buildings

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
  by adding a new section 27-3024.1 to read as follows:

    S  27-3024.1  EMERGENCY LIGHTING OR ILLUMINATION REQUIRED IN OCCUPANCY
  GROUP J-2 BUILDINGS. WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY  DAYS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE
  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION, EMERGENCY LIGHTING OR ILLUMINATION IN OCCUPANCY
  GROUP J-2 BUILDINGS IS REQUIRED IN THE SAME MANNER AND  SUBJECT  TO  THE
  SAME  TERMS  AND  CONDITIONS  AS  EMERGENCY  LIGHTING OR ILLUMINATION IS
  REQUIRED IN OCCUPANCY GROUP J-1 BUILDINGS, IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE TO
  THE PROVISIONS OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER SIXTEEN OF THE CITY OF NEW  YORK  FOR
  THE  YEAR  NINETEEN  HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
  SUPERSEDE ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS CODE, INCLUDING ANY  APPEN-
  DICES THERETO AND REFERENCE STANDARDS THEREUNTO APPERTAINING.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01195-01-1