2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 36-D - Home Heating System Conversion › 778-AA - Home Heating System Conversion.

§  778-aa.  Home  heating  system  conversion. 1. All home improvement
contractors as defined in subdivision  five  of  section  seven  hundred
seventy  of  this  chapter  or any other person providing an estimate or
engaged in the installation of home heating systems shall include in any
estimate of the cost of converting an existing oil home  heating  system
to  a  natural gas, electric or any other home heating system a separate
estimate detailing the costs related to the closure, abandonment  and/or
removal  of  a  home  heating  oil storage tank. In addition, any person
making such estimate shall also provide a copy of any  applicable  local
law,  or  if  there  is  no  local  law then such person shall provide a
written statement to that effect.
2. Every estimate of the cost to secure a storage tank as  part  of  a
home heating system conversion shall include the removal of all fill and
vent pipes and such other related materials and/or equipment.
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,  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 five of this section, in no less than 14 point bold type and
separate  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.
(b) The department of state shall have the authority to promulgate any
rules  or  regulations  necessary  to  implement  the provisions of this
subdivision.
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  information  to  inform  the  homeowner  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.