What's happening
This bill requires clear notice and estimates for homeowners converting from oil to alternative home heating, including informing oil suppliers and addressing tank removal.
Why it matters
Ensures homeowners receive clear, written estimates. for all costs associated with converting from oil to another heating system, including the often-overlooked expenses of oil tank closure, abandonment, or removal. This promotes transparency and helps homeowners make fully informed financial decisions before committing to a conversion.
Mandates standardized, prominent notification about legal obligations and safety requirements. related to oil tank removal and system conversion, reducing the risk of accidental environmental hazards, code violations, or future liabilities for homeowners.
Requires homeowners to notify their oil suppliers in writing. prior to switching to a new heating system, which can help prevent accidental oil deliveries, reduce spill risks, and facilitate proper coordination for tank decommissioning.
Empowers the Department of State to create and enforce clear rules and public notices. on these matters, ensuring up-to-date, reliable information is readily accessible and that all stakeholders—contractors, utilities, and homeowners—are on the same page regarding responsibilities and local regulations.
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- Print number 8659a
- Amend (t) and recommit to consumer affairs and protection
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
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Require Heating Conversion Certification
In Assembly Committee · Consumer Affairs And Protection · Sponsor Phil Boyle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8659--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
September 1, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law and the executive law, in relation to home heating system conversion
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 778-aa of the general business law, as added by chapter 129 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
1. All home improvement contractors as defined in subdivision five of section seven hundred seventy of this chapter or any other person providing an estimate or engaged in the installation of home heating systems shall include in any estimate of the cost of converting an existing oil home heating system to [either] a natural gas [or], electric or any other home heating system a separate estimate detailing the costs related to the closure, abandonment and/or removal of a home heating oil storage tank. In addition, any person making such estimate shall also provide a copy of any applicable local law, or if there is no local law then such person shall provide a written statement to that effect.
§ 2. Section 778-aa of the general business law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
3. Following the conversion of an existing home heating system from an oil home heating system to an alternative method of home heating, and prior to the commencement of the new home heating service, the utility company, gas corporation, or electric corporation, as defined in section two of the public service law, or any home improvement contractor who installed the alternate home heating system, shall provide to the homeowner a written copy of the notice created by the department of state
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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pursuant to subdivision four of this section, in no less than 14 point bold type and separate form from any other document provided to such homeowner. The department of state shall have the authority to promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
4. The department of state shall create and make available to the public on the department's website a notice informing homeowners who are converting their existing oil home heating system to an alternative method of home heating of the provisions of subdivision thirteen of section three hundred seventy-eight of the executive law, in addition to any other state laws, rules, or regulations related to the closure, abandonment, and/or removal of a heating oil storage tank, including fill and vent pipes and other related materials and equipment. Such notice shall include a requirement that the homeowner must provide written notice to his or her home heating oil supplier to inform such supplier of such conversion prior to the commencement of the new home heating service, and shall also advise the homeowner that there may be other local laws related to such conversion.
§ 3. Subdivision 13 of section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new paragraph h to read as follows:
h. The property owner shall provide written notice to his or her home heating oil supplier or suppliers to inform them of such conversion to an alternate fuel prior to the commencement of the new home heating service.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such date.
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