Bill Text: NY S01418 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits home improvement contractors from continuing to work on new construction if the home improvement contractor license is revoked.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S01418 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01418-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1418
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to home improvement contractors
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 20-386 of the administrative  code
     2  of  the  city of New York, as amended by local law 23 of the city of New
     3  York for the year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
     4    2. "Home improvement" means  the  construction,  repair,  replacement,
     5  remodeling,  alteration, conversion, rehabilitation, renovation, modern-
     6  ization, improvement, or addition to  any  land  or  building,  or  that
     7  portion  thereof  which is used or designed to be used as a residence or
     8  dwelling place and shall include but not be limited to the construction,
     9  erection, replacement, or  improvement  of  driveways,  swimming  pools,
    10  terraces,  patios,  landscaping, fences, porches, garages, fallout shel-
    11  ters, basements, and other improvements to structures or upon land which
    12  is adjacent to a dwelling house. "Home improvement"  shall  not  include
    13  (i)  [the  construction  of  a  new  home  or building or work done by a
    14  contractor in compliance with a guarantee of completion of a new  build-
    15  ing  project,  (ii)]  the  sale  of  goods  or materials by a seller who
    16  neither arranges to perform nor performs directly or indirectly any work
    17  or labor in connection with the installation of or  application  of  the
    18  goods  or  materials,  [(iii)] (ii) residences owned by or controlled by
    19  the state or any municipal subdivision thereof, or [(iv)] (iii) painting
    20  or decorating of a building, residence,  home  or  apartment,  when  not
    21  incidental  or  related  to home improvement work as [herein] defined in
    22  this section. Without regard to the extent of affixation, "home improve-
    23  ment" shall also include the installation  of  central  heating  or  air
    24  conditioning  systems,  central  vacuum cleaning systems, storm windows,
    25  awnings or communication systems.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    27  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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