[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2788

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JUNE 6, 2022

Sponsored by:

Senator  BRIAN P. STACK

District 33 (Hudson)

Senator  SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman  WILLIAM W. SPEARMAN

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman  BENJIE E. WIMBERLY

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

      Concerns carbon monoxide detectors in certain multiple dwellings and hotels.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on December 18, 2023, with amendments.

An Act concerning monitored carbon monoxide detectors in ²certain² multiple dwellings ¹[,] and ²[certain]² hotels¹ and amending P.L.1999, c.15.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

      1.  Section 2 of P.L.1999, c.15 (C.55:13A-7.17) is amended to read as follows:

      2.   a.  Every unit of dwelling space in a hotel and multiple dwelling shall be equipped with one or more carbon monoxide sensor devices that bear the label of a nationally recognized testing laboratory and have been tested and listed as complying with the most recent Underwriters Laboratories standard 2034, or its equivalent, unless it is determined that no potential carbon monoxide hazard exists for that unit.  Any such installation or determination shall be made in accordance with the rules promulgated by the Commissioner of Community Affairs.

b.   If a ²[hotel or] unit of dwelling space in a newly constructed² multiple dwelling ²or a newly constructed hotel, constructed following the date of enactment of P.L.    , c.    (pending before the Legislature as this bill),² in which a carbon monoxide sensor device is installed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, is ²[also]² equipped with a monitored fire alarm system, then the ²[hotel or] unit of dwelling space in a newly constructed² multiple dwelling ²or newly constructed hotel, constructed following the date of enactment of P.L.    , c.    (pending before the Legislature as this bill),² shall also be equipped with a monitored carbon monoxide alarm system.

c.   As used in this section:

“Monitored fire alarm system” means a fire detection or suppression system which, in addition to sounding a localized siren or alert, also transmits a notification to the local fire department or emergency services entity in order to provide an alert of a potential fire emergency, requiring response from the fire department or emergency services entity.

“Monitored carbon monoxide alarm system” means a carbon monoxide sensor device which, in addition to sounding a localized siren or alert, also transmits a notification to the local fire department or emergency services entity in order to provide an alert of a potential carbon monoxide emergency, requiring response from the fire department or emergency services entity.

(cf: P.L.1999, c.15, s.2)

     2.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month next following enactment.