Senate Bill S3756

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the remediation and prevention of indoor mold and requiring the disclosure of indoor mold history upon the sale of certain real property

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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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2015-S3756 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A969
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §16-a, Pub Hous L; add Art 48-A §4809, Pub Health L; amd §462, add §235-h, RP L; add §27-2009.2, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4549
2011-2012: S3121, A1466
2013-2014: S1820, A1127
2017-2018: S2142, A4964
2019-2020: S1446, A662, A10895
2021-2022: S5097, A415, A3714
2023-2024: A4887

2015-S3756 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the remediation and prevention of indoor mold; requires the disclosure of indoor mold history upon the sale of certain real property; requires notification to prospective lessees; directs the commissioner of housing and community renewal and the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and standards for the remediation and prevention of indoor mold.

2015-S3756 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3756 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3756

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 17, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  ESPAILLAT, ADDABBO, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS,
  SAMPSON, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
  to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Communi-
  ty Development

AN  ACT  to amend the public housing law, the public health law, and the
  real property law, in relation to the remediation  and  prevention  of
  indoor  mold  and requiring the disclosure of indoor mold history upon
  the sale of certain real property; and to amend the real property  law
  and  the  administrative  code of the city of New York, in relation to
  requiring notice of indoor mold  history  to  prospective  lessees  of
  apartments

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

  Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
16-a to read as follows:
  S  16-A.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER WITH RESPECT TO INDOOR
MOLD. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS
SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "MOLD" MEANS ANY FORM OF MULTICELLULAR FUNGI THAT LIVE ON PLANT OR
ANIMAL MATTER AND IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS. TYPES OF MOLD INCLUDE, BUT ARE
NOT  LIMITED  TO,  CLADOSPORIUM,  PENICILLIUM,  ALTERNARIA, ASPERGILLUS,
FUSARIUM, TRICHODERMA, MEMNONIELLA, MUCOR, AND  STACHYBOTRYS  CHARTARUM,
OFTEN FOUND IN WATER DAMAGED BUILDING MATERIALS.
  (B) "AFFECT" MEANS TO CAUSE A CONDITION BY THE PRESENCE OF MOLD IN THE
DWELLING  UNIT,  BUILDING,  APPURTENANT  STRUCTURE, COMMON WALL, HEATING
SYSTEM, OR VENTILATING AND AIR  CONDITIONING  SYSTEM  THAT  AFFECTS  THE
INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF A DWELLING UNIT OR BUILDING.
  (C)  "ACCEPTABLE  EXPOSURE  LIMIT" MEANS A LEVEL OF MOLD THAT WILL NOT
ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HEALTH OF RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC  HOUSING  UNITS,  AND
DOES NOT POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04096-01-5

              

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