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Assembly Bill A6556A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires owners to provide prospective lessees with notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been found in the rental unit

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2011-A6556 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-2056.4, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A701
2015-2016: A696
2017-2018: A4170
2019-2020: A1036
2021-2022: A2003
2023-2024: A471
2025-2026: A900

2011-A6556 - Summary

Requires owners to provide prospective lessee's with notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been found and any and all abatement measures that have been taken in the rental unit.

2011-A6556 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6556

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to  requiring  owners  to  provide  prospective lessees with
  notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been
  found in the rental unit

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

  Section  1.   Subdivision f of section 27-2056.4 of the administrative
code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 1 of the city
of New York for the year 2004, is amended to read as follows:
  f. The owner shall inform the occupant in writing of the results of an
investigation undertaken pursuant to this section and  shall  provide  a
copy  of  any such report received or generated by an investigation. The
owner shall retain a copy of each investigation report,  for  ten  years
from  the date of such report and such report shall be made available to
the department on request and shall be transferred by the owner  to  the
owner's  successor in title. THE OWNER SHALL PROVIDE PROSPECTIVE LESSEES
WITH THE MOST RECENT RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT  TO
THIS SECTION WHERE THE PRESENCE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT OR LEAD CONTAMINATED
DUST WAS FOUND.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09969-01-1

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2011-A6556A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-2056.4, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A701
2015-2016: A696
2017-2018: A4170
2019-2020: A1036
2021-2022: A2003
2023-2024: A471
2025-2026: A900

2011-A6556A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners to provide prospective lessee's with notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been found and any and all abatement measures that have been taken in the rental unit.

2011-A6556A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6556--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Housing -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to requiring  owners  to  provide  prospective  lessees  with
  notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been
  found  in  the  dwelling  and any and all abatement measures that have
  been taken

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

  Section  1.   Subdivision f of section 27-2056.4 of the administrative
code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 1 of the city
of New York for the year 2004, is amended to read as follows:
  f. The owner shall inform the occupant in writing of the results of an
investigation undertaken pursuant to this section and  shall  provide  a
copy  of  any such report received or generated by an investigation. The
owner shall retain a copy of each investigation report,  for  ten  years
from  the date of such report and such report shall be made available to
the department on request and shall be transferred by the owner  to  the
owner's  successor in title. THE OWNER SHALL PROVIDE TO AN OCCUPANT OF A
DWELLING UNIT AT THE SIGNING OF A LEASE, INCLUDING A LEASE  RENEWAL,  IF
ANY, OR UPON ANY AGREEMENT TO LEASE, OR AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF OCCUPANCY
IF  THERE IS NO LEASE AND TO PROSPECTIVE LESSEES THE MOST RECENT RESULTS
OF AN INVESTIGATION UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND ANY AND  ALL
ABATEMENT  MEASURES TAKEN AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION WHERE THE PRESENCE
OF LEAD-BASED PAINT OR LEAD-CONTAMINATED DUST WAS FOUND.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09969-02-1

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