STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6124 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 30, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to equipment to be carried on vessels The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 40 of the navigation law, as 2 amended by chapter 208 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. Whistle. Every [mechanically propelled] vessel and every rowboat, 5 canoe and kayak shall be provided with an efficient whistle. The word 6 "whistle" shall mean any sound producing mechanical appliance, except 7 sirens, capable of producing a blast of two seconds or more in duration 8 and of such strength as to be heard plainly for a distance of at least 9 one-half mile in still weather. A siren whistle may only be attached to 10 a vessel operated by a police department, fire department or public 11 utility company, and used only on emergency calls. On vessels less than 12 thirty-nine feet in length, a mouth whistle capable of producing a blast 13 of two seconds or more in duration, which can be heard for at least 14 one-half a mile, may be used. 15 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 40 of the navigation law, as amended by 16 chapter 186 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: 17 6. Fire extinguishers required. (a) Every mechanically propelled 18 vessel as classified and defined by subdivision one of section forty- 19 three of this article, except outboard motor boats less than twenty-six 20 feet in length, of open construction, shall carry United States coast 21 guard approved fire extinguishers in accordance with the following: 22 Class A motor boats shall carry one [B-1] 5-B fire extinguisher. 23 Class 1 motor boats shall carry one [B-1] 5-B fire extinguisher. 24 Class 2 motor boats shall carry two [B-1] 5-B fire extinguishers. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10439-01-3
S. 6124 2 1 Class 3 motor boats shall carry three [B-1] 5-B fire extinguishers. 2 Class 4 motor boats shall carry fire extinguishers and other fire 3 fighting equipment as required by the federal navigation law and rules 4 and regulations made by the United States coast guard for uninspected 5 vessels. 6 (b) One class [B-2] 20-B fire extinguisher may be substituted for two 7 class [B-1] 5-B fire extinguishers. 8 (c) When the engine compartment of the motor boat is equipped with a 9 fixed fire extinguishing system of a United States coast guard approved 10 type, one less class [B-1] 5-B fire extinguisher is required. 11 (d) No fire extinguishers of the toxic vaporizing liquid type, includ- 12 ing those containing carbon tetrachloride and chlorobromomethane extin- 13 guishing agents shall be approved by the commissioner. 14 (e) Disposable fire extinguishers are considered expired twelve years 15 after their date of manufacture. Expired or previously used fire extin- 16 guishers do not meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivi- 17 sion. 18 § 3. Section 40 of the navigation law is amended by adding a new 19 subdivision 13 to read as follows: 20 13. The operator of a vessel under twenty-six feet in length equipped 21 with an engine cut-off switch shall use the engine cut-off switch when 22 the vessel is operating on plane or above displacement speed. The use of 23 an engine cut-off switch shall not be required when the operator is in a 24 fully enclosed cabin. 25 § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.