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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY-

-EMERGENCY GENERATORS REQUIRED

     

     Introduced By: Representative Katherine S. Kazarian

     Date Introduced: January 15, 2021

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 42-66.9-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-66.9 entitled "Housing

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for the Elderly - Emergency Generators Required" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     42-66.9-1. Emergency generators required.

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     All housing for the elderly complexes, as defined in § 42-66.1-2, which are serviced by

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one or more elevators and/or electrically powered chair lifts, and which include more than one

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hundred (100) residential living units in a single building shall be equipped with emergency

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generators which shall provide sufficient power to provide emergency lighting to all dwelling units,

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common areas, and a community room and power to operate the elevators and a refrigerator in a

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common area. Generator systems shall be in accordance with the national electric code and § 23-

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28.24-9.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2022.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY-

-EMERGENCY GENERATORS REQUIRED

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     This act would require that all housing for the elderly complexes which include more than

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one hundred (100) residential living units provide emergency generators to provide sufficient

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power to all common areas and the residential units in the building.

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     This act would take effect on January 1, 2022.

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