Bill Text: NY A08205 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the submission of building inspection reports in order for an appropriate local government department or official to review such report and to establish a timeframe in which any repairs or improvements shall be completed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-05 - enacting clause stricken [A08205 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08205-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8205

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 25, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to  amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
          submission of building inspection reports

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  381-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  381-a.   Building inspection reports. 1. When a building inspection
     4  report is prepared after a building is  inspected,  the  owner  of  such
     5  building  shall  submit  such  report  within thirty days of such report
     6  being prepared to the appropriate department or official  that  enforces
     7  any  building  codes,  rules and regulations for the local government in
     8  the municipality in which the building is located.
     9    2. (a) The local government department or  official  that  receives  a
    10  building  inspection  report  shall  review  such report and establish a
    11  timeframe in which any repairs or improvements to the  building  identi-
    12  fied in such report shall be completed by the owner of such building.
    13    (b)  Immediately  upon  the expiration of the timeframe established by
    14  the local government department or official, the owner of such  building
    15  shall  submit  a  certification  that the repairs or improvements to the
    16  building have been completed to  such  local  government  department  or
    17  official.
    18    3.  Upon submission of the certification, the local government depart-
    19  ment  or  official  may  conduct an inspection of the building to ensure
    20  that the repairs or improvements were completed.
    21    4. Failure to submit the certification or if it is determined that the
    22  repairs or improvements to  the  building  identified  in  the  building
    23  inspection  report  have  not been completed, the owner of such building
    24  shall be subject to penalties.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11864-02-1
        A. 8205                             2

     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     2  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
     3  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     4  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
     5  before such date.