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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

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

-EMERGENCY GENERATORS REQUIRED

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Costantino, Winfield, Lima, and Marshall

     Date Introduced: February 02, 2018

     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

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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.

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

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

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than one hundred (100) three (3) residential living units in a single building shall be equipped

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with emergency generators which shall provide sufficient power to provide emergency lighting to

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

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

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23-28.24-9.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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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 emergency generators in any elderly housing complex consisting

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of more than three (3) residential units in one building.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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