Bill Text: NY S09126 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to home heating system conversion; requires certification by a utility company, gas corporation, electric corporation or contractor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-29 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09126 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S09126-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9126 IN SENATE 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 778-aa of the general business 2 law, as added by chapter 129 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. All home improvement contractors as defined in subdivision five of 5 section seven hundred seventy of this chapter or any other person 6 providing an estimate or engaged in the installation of home heating 7 systems shall include in any estimate of the cost of converting an 8 existing oil home heating system to [either] a natural gas [or], elec- 9 tric or any other home heating system a separate estimate detailing the 10 costs related to the closure, abandonment and/or removal of a home heat- 11 ing oil storage tank. In addition, any person making such estimate shall 12 also provide a copy of any applicable local law, or if there is no local 13 law then such person shall provide a written statement to that effect. 14 § 2. Section 778-aa of the general business law is amended by adding 15 two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows: 16 3. Following the conversion of an existing home heating system from an 17 oil home heating system to an alternative method of home heating, and 18 prior to the commencement of the new home heating service, the utility 19 company, gas corporation, or electric corporation, as defined in section 20 two of the public service law, or any home improvement contractor who 21 installed the alternate home heating system, shall provide to the home- 22 owner a written copy of the notice created by the department of state 23 pursuant to subdivision four of this section, in no less than 14 point 24 bold type and separate form from any other document provided to such 25 homeowner. The department of state shall have the authority to promul- 26 gate any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of 27 this subdivision. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16363-01-8S. 9126 2 1 4. The department of state shall create and make available to the 2 public on the department's website a notice informing homeowners who are 3 converting their existing oil home heating system to an alternative 4 method of home heating of the provisions of subdivision thirteen of 5 section three hundred seventy-eight of the executive law, in addition to 6 any other state laws, rules, or regulations related to the closure, 7 abandonment, and/or removal of a heating oil storage tank, including 8 fill and vent pipes and other related materials and equipment. Such 9 notice shall include a requirement that the homeowner must provide writ- 10 ten notice to his or her home heating oil supplier to inform such 11 supplier of such conversion prior to the commencement of the new home 12 heating service, and shall also advise the homeowner that there may be 13 other local laws related to such conversion. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment, 16 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 17 of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made 18 and completed on or before such date.