Assembly Bill A701

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires owners to provide prospective lessees with notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been found in the rental unit

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A701 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง27-2056.4, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6556
2015-2016: A696
2017-2018: A4170
2019-2020: A1036
2021-2022: A2003
2023-2024: A471
2025-2026: A900

2013-A701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners to provide prospective lessee's with notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been found and any and all abatement measures that have been taken in the rental unit.

2013-A701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   701

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GIBSON, DINOWITZ, BENEDETTO, MAISEL --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. GLICK, HOOPER, JACOBS, MARKEY -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to  requiring  owners  to  provide  prospective lessees with
  notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been
  found in the dwelling and any and all  abatement  measures  that  have
  been taken

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Subdivision f of section 27-2056.4 of  the  administrative
code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 1 of the city
of New York for the year 2004, is amended to read as follows:
  f. The owner shall inform the occupant in writing of the results of an
investigation  undertaken  pursuant  to this section and shall provide a
copy of any such report received or generated by an  investigation.  The
owner  shall  retain  a copy of each investigation report, for ten years
from the date of such report and such report shall be made available  to
the  department  on request and shall be transferred by the owner to the
owner's successor in title. THE OWNER SHALL PROVIDE TO AN OCCUPANT OF  A
DWELLING  UNIT  AT THE SIGNING OF A LEASE, INCLUDING A LEASE RENEWAL, IF
ANY, OR UPON ANY AGREEMENT TO LEASE, OR AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF OCCUPANCY
IF THERE IS NO LEASE AND TO PROSPECTIVE LESSEES THE MOST RECENT  RESULTS
OF  AN INVESTIGATION UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND ANY AND ALL
ABATEMENT MEASURES TAKEN AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION WHERE THE  PRESENCE
OF LEAD-BASED PAINT OR LEAD-CONTAMINATED DUST WAS FOUND.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05025-01-3

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