§ 391-k. Automatic garage door opening systems. 1. As used in this\nsection, unless the context requires otherwise:\n (a) "Automatic garage door opening system" means a system of devices\nand equipment that when connected to a garage door automatically opens\nand closes a garage door. This term does not include the garage door,\ngarage door springs, tracks, or other hardware associated with the\ngarage door.\n (b) "Garage" means a building or a portion of a building designed or\nused for the storage or repair of a motor vehicle or other items.\n (c) "Residential building" means a private dwelling or a multiple\ndwelling as defined in section four of the multiple dwelling law and\nsection four of the multiple residence law that includes an attached or\nunattached garage.\n 2. (a) No person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, at retail or\nwholesale, or install in this state an automatic garage door opening\nsystem for a residential building that does not have an automatic\nreverse safety device which complies with the applicable requirements\nset forth in the American National Standards Underwriters Laboratories,\nInc., Standards for Safety-ANSI/UL 325-30.1 and 325-30.2, Third Edition,\nas revised May 4, 1988.\n (b) No person shall service or repair an automatic garage door opening\nsystem in this state that does not comply with paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision unless such service brings such system into compliance with\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision after the repair or service.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing the person servicing or repairing the\ngarage door, the garage door springs, tracks, or other hardware\nassociated with the door shall determine whether or not the automatic\ngarage door opening system complies with the entrapment protection\nrequirements in the American National Standards Underwriters\nLaboratories, Inc., Standards for Safety-ANSI/UL 325-30.1 and 325-30.2,\nas revised May fourth, nineteen hundred eighty-eight by conducting an\non-site test of the system. If the automatic garage door opening system\ndoes not pass the required on-site test, the person conducting the test\nshall complete and conspicuously affix to the automatic garage door\nopening system, a warning label that shall contain all but may not be\nlimited to the information set forth below. The following complies with\nthis requirement, but the person conducting the on-site test is\npermitted to develop his own warning label containing the required\ninformation:\n DANGER\nThis automatic garage door opening system was tested and does not meet\nthe requirements for a working safety reverse feature. This is dangerous\nand may cause serious injury or death. You are hereby advised to\ndisconnect the opener from the door immediately and operate the door\nmanually until the automatic garage door opening system has been\nreplaced or repaired with one that meets current safety standards as\nprovided in New York state law, paragraph (a) of subdivision two of\nsection 391-k of the general business law.\n_____________________ ______________________\nMODEL Name of tester\n____________________ ______________________\nManufacturer Firm Name\n____________________ ______________________\nSerial Number Firm Address/Phone Number\n____________________\nDate\n The firm of the agent or the person who affixed the label shall\nprovide written notification within ten days of the on-site test to the\nowner or person responsible for the maintenance of the residence that\nthe automatic garage door opening system did not comply with paragraph\n(a) of this subdivision.\n 3. (a) In addition to the requirements of subdivision two of this\nsection, on and after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-three, no\nperson shall manufa
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