Rhode Island HB 7418: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY--EMERGENCY GENERATORS REQUIRED (Requires emergency generators in any elderly housing complex consisting of more than five (5) residential units in one building sufficient to operate a refrigerator and at least one other electrical outlet in each unit.)

Bill Text

2018 -- H 7418 SUBSTITUTE A
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
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:
SECTION 1. Section 42-66.9-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-66.9 entitled 1
"Housing for the Elderly - Emergency Generators Required" is hereby amended to read as 2
follows: 3
42-66.9-1. Emergency generators required. 4
All housing for the elderly complexes, as defined in § 42-66.1-2, which are may be 5
serviced by one or more elevators and/or electrically powered chair lifts, and which include more 6
than one hundred (100) five (5) residential living units ("unit") in a single building shall be 7
equipped with emergency generators which shall provide sufficient power: to provide emergency 8
lighting to all common areas and a community room; and power to operate the elevators and a 9
refrigerator in a common area; to operate a refrigerator in each unit; and to provide power to at 10
least one other electrical outlet in each unit. Generator systems shall be in accordance with the 11
national electric code and § 23-28.24-9. 12
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2019. 13
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
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 1
of more than five (5) residential units in one building that would be sufficient to operate a 2
refrigerator and at least one other electrical outlet in each unit. 3
This act would take effect on July 1, 2019. 4
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