Assembly Bill A8354

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to temporary certificates of compliance or occupancy

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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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2021-A8354 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §301, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1549

2021-A8354 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to temporary certificates of compliance or occupancy; permits a single ninety day extension for temporary certificates of compliance or occupancy; requires a civil penalty of $20,000 for any violation regarding certificates of compliance or occupancy.

2021-A8354 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8354
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling  law,  in  relation  to  temporary
   certificates of compliance or occupancy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 301 of the multiple dwelling  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  131  of the laws of 1979, is amended and a new
 subdivision 7 is added to read as follows:
   4. The head of the department may, on the request of the owner or  his
 certified agent, issue a temporary certificate of compliance or occupan-
 cy  for  a multiple dwelling or a section or a part thereof for a period
 of ninety days or less, provided that such certificate  shall  bear  the
 endorsement  that  the dwelling has been inspected by the department and
 complies with all the requirements of this chapter, and that such tempo-
 rary occupancy will not jeopardize life, health or property. Such tempo-
 rary certificate may be renewed ONCE at the discretion of  the  head  of
 the  department for similar periods but shall not extend[, together with
 such renewals,] beyond a total period of [two years] ONE HUNDRED  EIGHTY
 DAYS  from the date of its original issuance.
   7.  ANY  PERSON  FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT  MORE  THAN  TWENTY  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13331-02-1

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