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
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                                          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.
                                                                   LBD16363-01-8

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     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.
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