Assembly Bill A7826

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes county databases of complaints against home improvement contractors

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A7826 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง771-b, Gen Bus L

2009-A7826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes county databases of complaints against home improvement contractors.

2009-A7826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7826

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ALESSI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend the general business law, in relation to establishing
  county databases of complaints regarding home improvement contractors

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
771-b to read as follows:
  S 771-B. HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR DATABASE. EACH COUNTY SHALL MAIN-
TAIN  A  WEBSITE CONTAINING A DATABASE LISTING ALL COMPLAINTS THE COUNTY
BUREAU OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS  HAS  RECEIVED  REGARDING  HOME  IMPROVEMENT
CONTRACTORS.  THE  DATABASE  SHALL BE SEARCHABLE BY THE HOME IMPROVEMENT
CONTRACTOR'S NAME, AND SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS, THE  DATE
OF  THE  WORK  PERFORMED, THE NATURE OF THE COMPLAINT, AND HOW THE ISSUE
HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11150-01-9

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