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                                   8770
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  new
   residential  construction  sellers  to  inform  buyers  of  any  price
   increase caused by tariffs on building materials

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-sss to read as follows:
   §  396-SSS. NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION COST TRANSPARENCY. 1. FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, (A) "NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION"  MEANS  ANY
 RESIDENTIAL  STRUCTURE OR UNIT, INCLUDING SINGLE- AND MULTI-FAMILY HOMES
 AND FOR-SALE UNITS WITHIN MULTIPLE DWELLINGS IN WHICH TITLE TO THE INDI-
 VIDUAL UNITS IS TRANSFERRED TO OWNERS UNDER A CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE
 REGIME, WHICH HAS BEEN RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED AND IS BEING LISTED FOR SALE
 OR SOLD FOR  THE  FIRST  TIME.  SUCH  TERMS  DO  NOT  INCLUDE  DWELLINGS
 CONSTRUCTED  SOLELY  FOR LEASE, MOBILE HOMES AS DEFINED IN SECTION SEVEN
 HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, ANY  HOUSE  OR  UNIT  IN  WHICH  THE
 BUILDER  HAS  RESIDED  OR  LEASED  CONTINUOUSLY  FOR THREE YEARS OR MORE
 FOLLOWING THE DATE OF COMPLETION OF  CONSTRUCTION,  AS  EVIDENCED  BY  A
 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, OR ANY HOUSE OR UNIT WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN
 SOLD, UNLESS THE PURPOSE OF SUCH SALE WAS FOR RESALE.
   (B)  "TARIFF  COST  ESTIMATE" MEANS AN ESTIMATE OF ANY INCREASE IN THE
 PRICE OR PRICES OF A NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION RESULTING DIRECTLY  OR
 INDIRECTLY  FROM  TARIFFS  IMPOSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TARIFFS ON STEEL, LUMBER, AND OTHER  GOODS  USED  IN
 THE MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
 MATERIALS.  SUCH ESTIMATE SHALL INCLUDE ALL INCREASES IN PRICE ATTRIBUT-
 ABLE TO THE TARIFFS.
   2. ANY SELLER OR AGENT ADVERTISING FOR SALE OR ENTERING INTO AN AGREE-
 MENT FOR THE SALE OF NEW  RESIDENTIAL  CONSTRUCTION  WITHIN  THIS  STATE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13212-03-5
              

 A. 8770                             2
 
 SHALL  PROVIDE BUYERS OR POTENTIAL BUYERS WITH A TARIFF COST ESTIMATE IF
 THE LISTED OR AGREED UPON SELLING PRICE OF SUCH  CONSTRUCTION  HAS  BEEN
 INCREASED DUE TO INCREASED COSTS OF BUILDING MATERIALS CAUSED BY TARIFFS
 ON  IMPORTS. SUCH INCREASE SHALL BE CLEARLY INDICATED IN ALL LISTINGS OF
 THE CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING COMMUNITY, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,  AGENT,  AND
 THIRD-PARTY  LISTING  WEBSITES,  FLIERS,  PAMPHLETS, OR OTHER LITERATURE
 WHICH CONTAINS THE PRICE OR PRICE ESTIMATE OF THE  CONSTRUCTION  AND  ON
 ANY  PURCHASE  AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS FOR THE SALE OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION
 IN THE FORM OF AN ITEMIZED  PRICE-BREAKDOWN,  ALONGSIDE  ANY  APPLICABLE
 TAXES OR FEES, OR IN ANOTHER MANNER COMPLIANT WITH THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.