STATE OF NEW YORK
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6431
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Housing
AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to prohib-
iting surcharges for certain appliances
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 32-a of the private housing finance law is amended
2 by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. Require, whenever a company charges for the installation, removal,
4 or use of an air conditioning unit, that any such charges be disclosed
5 to the person prior to any action taken or charge assessed by the compa-
6 ny. Charges for the use of an air conditioning unit, if any, shall
7 commence upon the installation of the air conditioning unit and shall
8 cease upon the removal of the air conditioning unit. Partial charges
9 shall be pro-rated to a daily rate.
10 § 2. Section 579 of the private housing finance law, as amended by
11 chapter 855 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
12 § 579. Rules and regulations. 1. The commissioner or the supervising
13 agency, as the case may be, shall require, whenever a company charges
14 for the installation, removal, or use of an air conditioning unit, that
15 any such charges be disclosed to the person prior to any action taken or
16 charge assessed by the company. Charges for the use of an air condition-
17 ing unit, if any, shall commence upon the installation of the air condi-
18 tioning unit and shall cease upon the removal of the air conditioning
19 unit. Partial charges shall be pro-rated to a daily rate.
20 2. The commissioner and the supervising agency shall each have power
21 to make rules and regulations to carry out their respective powers and
22 duties pursuant to this article and to effectuate the purposes thereof.
23 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
24 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
25 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
26 this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
27 and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05966-01-9
