The New York City Council - File #: Int 0919-2018

• File #: Int 0919-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Lead Package - Investigations of lead-based paint hazards by independent and certified inspectors, and contractor certifications for construction activities that disturb lead-based paint.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/9/2018
• In control: Committee on Housing and Buildings
• On agenda: 5/9/2018
• Final action: 2/11/2020
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to investigations of lead-based paint hazards by independent and certified inspectors, and contractor certifications for construction activities that disturb lead-based paint, and to repeal subdivision 9 of section 20-386 and subdivision 15 of section 20-393 of such administrative code, relating to salespersons for home improvement businesses
• Sponsors: Ritchie J. Torres, Mark Treyger, Robert F. Holden, Laurie A. Cumbo, Ben Kallos, Brad S. Lander, Diana I. Ayala, Inez D. Barron, Carlina Rivera , Daniel Dromm
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/12/2020	A	City Council	Recved from Mayor by Council
2/11/2020	A	Mayor	Signed Into Law by Mayor
2/11/2020	A	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
1/23/2020	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
1/23/2020	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
1/23/2020	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
1/23/2020	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amendment Proposed by Comm
1/23/2020	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amended by Committee
1/23/2020	A	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Approved by Committee	Pass
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 919-A

By Council Members Torres, Treyger, Holden, Cumbo, Kallos, Lander, Ayala, Barron, Rivera and Dromm

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to investigations of lead-based paint hazards by independent and certified inspectors, and contractor certifications for construction activities that disturb lead-based paint, and to repeal subdivision 9 of section 20-386 and subdivision 15 of section 20-393 of such administrative code, relating to salespersons for home improvement businesses
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 20-386 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED and subdivisions 1 and 5 of such section 20-386 are amended to read as follows:
1. "Persons" means an individual, firm, company, [salesperson,] partnership, or corporation, trade group or association.
5. "Contractor" means any person [or salesperson], other than a bona fide employee of the owner, who owns, operates, maintains, conducts, controls or transacts a home improvement business and who undertakes or offers to undertake or agrees to perform any home improvement or solicits any contract therefor, whether or not such person is licensed or subject to the licensing requirements of this subchapter, and whether or not such person is a prime contractor or subcontractor with respect to the owner.
? 2. Subdivision (a) of section 20-387 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(a) No person shall solicit, canvass, sell, perform or obtain a home improvement contract as a contractor [or salesperson] from an owner without a license therefor.
? 3. Subdivision 1 of section 20-388 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
1. The fee for a license to conduct a home improvement business shall be fifty dollars and for each renewal thereof the fee shall be fifty...