New York A 4471: Enacts the "Lead-Free Homes Act"

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A04471 Summary:

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Amd §§1370, 1370-a, 1370-b, 1372, 1373 & 1374, Pub Health L; add §23-a, amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L; add §242-a,
RP L; add §85, Mult Dwell L

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Enacts the "Lead Free Homes Act"; requires the department of health to promulgate standards for lead remediation and abatement of exemption; provides tax credits to class A multiple dwelling owners who undertake a successful lead remediation or abatement; requires lead testing on drinking water prior to the sale of residential property; requires owners of class A multiple dwellings to perform lead testing and provides for fines for violations.

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02/04/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4471

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the tax law, the real property
 law and the multiple dwelling law, in relation to enacting the "Lead-
 Free Homes Act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Lead-Free Homes Act".
 3 § 2. Section 1370 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 485
 4 of the laws of 1992, subdivision 6 as amended by section 1 of part P of
 5 chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, subdivision 8 as added by section 1 of
 6 part T of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 7 § 1370. Definitions. When used in this title, the following words and
 8 phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
 9 requires otherwise:
 10 1. "Dwelling" means a building or structure or portion thereof,
 11 including the property occupied by and appurtenant to such dwelling,
 12 which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence or sleeping
 13 place of one or more human beings [and shall, without limiting the fore-
 14 going, include].
 15 2. "School" means any public or private child care [facilities for
 16 children under six years of age, kindergartens and nursery schools]
 17 facility, child caring center, day nursery, day care agency, nursery
 18 school, pre-school, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, or elementary
 19 school.
 20 [2.] 3. "Area of high risk" means an area designated as such by the
 21 commissioner or [his] such commissioner's representative and consisting
 22 of one or more dwellings or schools in which a condition conducive to
 23 lead poisoning of children is present.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08022-01-5

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 1 [3.] 4. "Community of concern" means an area designated as such by the
 2 commissioner or such commissioner's representative with significant
 3 concentrations of children identified with elevated blood lead levels.
 4 5. "A condition conducive to lead poisoning" means: (i) paint or other
 5 similar surface-coating material containing lead in a condition accessi-
 6 ble for ingestion or inhalation or where peeling or chipping of the
 7 paint or other similar surface-coating material occurs or is likely to
 8 occur; [and] (ii) plumbing, service pipes or other pipes, fixtures, or
 9 other materials containing lead in a condition accessible for ingestion
 10 or inhalation that are used to transport water to or within a dwelling
 11 or a school; or (iii) other environmental conditions which may result in
 12 significant lead exposure.
 13 [4.] 6. "Program" means the lead poisoning prevention program in the
 14 department established pursuant to section thirteen hundred seventy-a of
 15 this title.
 16 [5.] 7. "Council" means the advisory council on lead poisoning
 17 prevention established pursuant to section thirteen hundred seventy-b of
 18 this title.
 19 [6.] 8. "Elevated lead levels" means