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Assembly Bill A7975

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires property owners to supply heat or equipment capable of maintaining certain temperatures within their buildings

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2013-A7975 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Multiple Residence Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง173, Mult Dwell L

2013-A7975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires property owners to supply heat or equipment capable of maintaining certain temperatures within their buildings.

2013-A7975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7975

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 12, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the multiple residence law, in relation to minimum heat-
  ing requirements

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

  Section 1. Section 173 of the multiple residence law,  as  amended  by
chapter 225 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
  S  173. Heating. 1. Every new dwelling shall be provided with heat [in
all living rooms], OR THE  FACILITIES  OR  EQUIPMENT  THEREFOR,  IN  ALL
PORTIONS OF THE DWELLING USED OR OCCUPIED FOR LIVING PURPOSES sufficient
to  maintain  the  minimum  temperatures AS required by local law, ordi-
nances, rules, or regulation, or by the local  public  health  officer[,
provided,    however,    that    such    minimum    temperature   shall,
notwithstanding].  NOTWITHSTANDING the provisions of subdivision one  of
section three hundred twenty-nine of this chapter, [be] DURING THE PERI-
OD BETWEEN OCTOBER FIRST AND MAY THIRTY-FIRST, SUCH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
SHALL  BE:   (A) sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit during the hours between
six o'clock in the morning and ten o'clock in  the  evening  during  the
months  between October first and May thirty-first, whenever the outdoor
temperature falls below fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit; AND (B) AT  LEAST
FIFTY-FIVE  DEGREES  FAHRENHEIT  BETWEEN THE HOURS OF TEN O'CLOCK IN THE
EVENING AND SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WHENEVER THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE
FALLS BELOW FORTY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
  2. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL RELIEVE  AN  OWNER  OF  THE  DUTY  TO
PROVIDE  CENTRALLY SUPPLIED OR OTHER APPROVED SOURCE OF HEAT IN A DWELL-
ING, IN ANY CASE WHERE SUCH HEAT IS REQUIRED  BY  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  ANY
OTHER LAW, ORDINANCE, RULE, OR REGULATION. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL
PROHIBIT  A TENANT OR OTHER LEGAL OCCUPANT, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN
SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-F OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, FROM  INTEN-
TIONALLY  MAINTAINING  A  DWELLING  TEMPERATURE LOWER THAN PRESCRIBED IN
THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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