Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 29, 2018 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S9126
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S9126 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §778-aa, Gen Bus L
2017-S9126 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9126 SPONSOR: BOYLE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to home heating system conversion PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Would require utility companies or contractors to certify that all parts of the building and fire codes relating to oil tanks have been satis- fied. SUMMARY: Section 1. Requiring contractors to provide conversion estimates for any other home heating system not delineated in this section. Section 2. Requires written notice be provided to the homeowner by the contractor following the conversion of a home heating system. Requires department of state to put on their website relevant information regard- ing notification on their website
2017-S9126 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9126 I N S E N A T E June 29, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to home heating system conversion THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 778-aa of the general business law, as added by chapter 129 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 1. All home improvement contractors as defined in subdivision five of section seven hundred seventy of this chapter or any other person providing an estimate or engaged in the installation of home heating systems shall include in any estimate of the cost of converting an existing oil home heating system to [either] a natural gas [or], elec- tric OR ANY OTHER home heating system a separate estimate detailing the costs related to the closure, abandonment and/or removal of a home heat- ing oil storage tank. In addition, any person making such estimate shall also provide a copy of any applicable local law, or if there is no local law then such person shall provide a written statement to that effect. § 2. Section 778-aa of the general business law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows: 3. FOLLOWING THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING HOME HEATING SYSTEM FROM AN OIL HOME HEATING SYSTEM TO AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF HOME HEATING, AND PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW HOME HEATING SERVICE, THE UTILITY COMPANY, GAS CORPORATION, OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, OR ANY HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR WHO INSTALLED THE ALTERNATE HOME HEATING SYSTEM, SHALL PROVIDE TO THE HOME- OWNER A WRITTEN COPY OF THE NOTICE CREATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, IN NO LESS THAN 14 POINT BOLD TYPE AND SEPARATE FORM FROM ANY OTHER DOCUMENT PROVIDED TO SUCH HOMEOWNER. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROMUL- GATE ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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