Int 0414-2018
Safety signs in elevators.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2018-02-14
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2018-02-14Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would require signs to be posted in elevators instructing passengers on correct actions in the event the elevator stops between floors.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
How it compares
20% of similar bills passed
10 passed · 40 died
This bill: 1416 days in committee
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Sponsors (2)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-02-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-02-14 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-04-11 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-04-11 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (2)
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2019-04-11 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2018-02-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (8)
- Summary of Int. No. 414
- Int. No. 414
- February 14, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 02-14-2018
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 14, 2018
- Committee Report 4/11/19
- Hearing Testimony 4/11/19
- Hearing Transcript 4/11/19
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Article 315 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-315.4.2 to read as follows:
� 28-315.4.2 Signage in elevators. The posting of emergency safety signs inside elevators in accordance with the retroactive requirements of section 3002.3.2 of the New York city building code shall be completed on or before March 31, 2019.
� 2. Section BC 3002 of the New York city building code is amended by adding a new section 3002.3.2 to read as follows:
3002.3.2 Emergency safety signs in elevators. A sign shall be posted and maintained in a conspicuous location inside each elevator instructing passengers on what to do in the event of an elevator malfunction. Such sign shall be in a form approved by the department and shall be posted in a manner established by the department. This provision shall be retroactive and shall apply to all elevators in existence on the effective date of this provision, and such elevators shall achieve compliance no later than March 31, 2019.
� 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of buildings may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to its effective date.
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