What's happening
This bill requires additional written notifications to homeowners, oil suppliers, and code officials when converting home heating systems from oil to alternative fuels.
Why it matters
Strengthens local safety oversight. By requiring written notification to municipal code enforcement officials before converting an oil heating system, the bill ensures that local authorities are aware of changes that could impact building safety, fire codes, and compliance with local or state regulations.
Protects oil suppliers from accidental deliveries and liability. Mandating that homeowners notify their heating oil suppliers prior to switching fuels helps prevent accidental oil deliveries to homes that have already converted, reducing environmental and property risks.
Clarifies homeowner responsibilities and legal compliance. The legislation spells out the homeowner’s duty to inform both their oil supplier and relevant officials, making it less likely that critical steps are missed during the conversion process and helping homeowners avoid potential legal or financial consequences.
Empowers regulatory oversight and adapts to new fuel technologies. By giving the Department of State the authority to implement rules and requiring them to provide comprehensive public notices, the bill aims to keep regulations up-to-date and accessible as heating technologies and safety standards evolve.
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Notify Home Heating Swaps
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by S6954
- Advanced to third reading cal.360
- Reported
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Notify Home Heating Changes
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Jim Gaughran
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8947
IN ASSEMBLY
January 3, 2020
Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 778-aa of the general business law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the general business law and the executive law relating to home heating system conversion, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3360-A and A. 6193-A, are amended to read as follows:
3. Upon entering into an agreement for 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 installing the alternate home heating system[,] shall provide to the homeowner a written copy of the notice created by the department of state pursuant to subdivision [four] five of this section, in no less than 14 point bold type and separate [form] from any other document provided to such homeowner and provide as may be required by state or local law, written notice of the agreement for the conversion of an existing home heating system to the municipal code enforcement official having authority to enforce the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code, or local code applicable to cities with a population of one million or more, whichever code applies to the jurisdiction in which the home heating system is located.
4. (a) Prior to the commencement of the new home heating service, the property owner shall provide written notice to such property owner's 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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(b) The department of state shall have the authority to promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
[4.] 5. 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] information to inform the homeowner [must] that the homeowner shall 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the general business law and the executive law relating to home heating system conversion, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3360-A and A. 6193-A, takes effect.
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