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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1549
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2023
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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:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 301 of the multiple dwelling law,
2 as amended by chapter 131 of the laws of 1979, is amended and a new
3 subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
4 4. The head of the department may, on the request of the owner or his
5 certified agent, issue a temporary certificate of compliance or occupan-
6 cy for a multiple dwelling or a section or a part thereof for a period
7 of ninety days or less, provided that such certificate shall bear the
8 endorsement that the dwelling has been inspected by the department and
9 complies with all the requirements of this chapter, and that such tempo-
10 rary occupancy will not jeopardize life, health or property. Such tempo-
11 rary certificate may be renewed once at the discretion of the head of
12 the department for similar periods but shall not extend[, together with
13 such renewals,] beyond a total period of [two years] one hundred eighty
14 days from the date of its original issuance.
15 8. Any person found to have violated the provisions of this section
16 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than twenty thousand
17 dollars.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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