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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY | |
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-- EMERGENCY GENERATORS REQUIRED | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, Cimini, Handy, Ackerman, and Serpa | |
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Date Introduced: February 27, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
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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 |
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"Housing for the Elderly - Emergency Generators Required" is hereby amended to read as |
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follows: |
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42-66.9-1. Emergency generators required. -- All housing for the elderly complexes, as |
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defined in section 42-66.1-2, which are serviced by one or more elevators and/or electrically |
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powered chair lifts, and which include more than |
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residential living units in a single building shall be equipped with emergency generators which |
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shall provide sufficient power to provide emergency lighting to all common areas and a |
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community room and power to operate the elevators and a refrigerator in a common area. |
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Generator systems shall be in accordance with the national electric code and section 23-28.24-9. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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OF | |
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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY | |
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-- EMERGENCY GENERATORS REQUIRED | |
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This act would lower from one hundred fifty (150) to one hundred (100) the number of |
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units required for an elderly housing complex to be required to maintain an emergency generator. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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