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Assembly Bill A4626

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring that a master plumber inspect a premises within twenty-four hours of a gas leak in order to reopen gas lines

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2021-A4626 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18-e, Gen City L

2021-A4626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that, in a city of 500,000 or more, a master plumber inspect a premises within twenty-four hours of a gas leak in order to reopen gas lines following a disruption of services.

2021-A4626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4626
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Cities
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general city law, in relation to requiring that a
   master plumber inspect a premises within twenty-four hours  of  a  gas
   leak in order to reopen gas lines
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general city law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 18-e to read as follows:
   §   18-E.   TIMELINESS   OF  THE  INSPECTIONS  FOLLOWING  GAS  SERVICE
 DISRUPTIONS. IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF  FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  OR
 MORE,  IN WHICH AN INSPECTION BY A MASTER PLUMBER IS REQUIRED BEFORE GAS
 SERVICES CAN BE RESTORED FOLLOWING  SUCH  SERVICES  BEING  DISRUPTED,  A
 MASTER  PLUMBER  SHALL INSPECT A RESIDENTIAL PREMISES WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR
 HOURS OF SUCH SERVICES BEING DISRUPTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06693-02-1

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