General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5394
February Session, 2012 *_____HB05394PS____031512____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 5394
February Session, 2012
*_____HB05394PS____031512____*
AN ACT CONCERNING SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS AND ALARMS IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) (a) All residential buildings designed to be occupied by one family that are not subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 29-292 of the general statutes shall be equipped with smoke detection and warning equipment.
(b) All residential buildings designed to be occupied by one or two families that are not subject to the provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 29-292 of the general statutes shall be equipped with carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment, unless such building does not contain a fuel-burning appliance, fireplace or attached garage.
(c) Such smoke detection and warning equipment and carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment shall be of a type or technology that is readily available for retail sale and be tested and certified pursuant to standards issued by the American National Standards Institute and Underwriters Laboratories. Such equipment may be powered solely by battery and may combine smoke and carbon monoxide detection technology into a single device.
(d) In order to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or both, as applicable, an owner of a residential building shall install such equipment on each level of the building used for human occupancy and the basement level, if any, as follows: Such equipment shall be installed outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of such area and on the ceiling of each stairway between levels.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) Whenever any residential building, including a private dwelling occupied by one or two families, is occupied during interior alterations or additions or other interior construction work requiring a permit, the temporary installation of battery-operated smoke detection and warning equipment and, if there is a combustion source present, battery-operated carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment shall be required in the vicinity of, and during the performance of, such alterations, additions or construction work. Such equipment shall be of a type or technology that is readily available for retail sale and be tested and certified pursuant to standards issued by the American National Standards Institute and Underwriters Laboratories. Such equipment may combine smoke and carbon monoxide detection technology into a single device.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2012 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2012 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2012
New section
Sec. 2
October 1, 2012
New section
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