New York Consolidated Laws, General Business Law - GBS § 396-s. Individual sewage disposal system;  information to vendees of newly constructed homes

1. When used in this section, the following terms, unless the context requires otherwise, shall have the following meanings:

2. On and after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one every vendor shall, either in person or by certified mail, deliver to a vendee at the time of the transfer of title of the home serviced by an individual sewage disposal system a copy of the health pamphlet.  If the political subdivision within which the home is located has published a waste treatment handbook or pamphlet on individual sewage disposal systems, the vendor shall supply a copy of such informational material to the vendee in the same manner as the health pamphlet.

3. The commissioner of the department of health is hereby directed to modify the contents of the health pamphlet in such a manner that such pamphlet shall contain information relating to the proper method of operating and maintaining individual sewage disposal systems.  Such information shall be in clear and concise language readily comprehensible by vendees and shall identify potential problems that vendees may encounter with individual sewage disposal systems.  The modification to the health pamphlet required by this subdivision shall be made on or before the effective date of this section and shall be included within any health pamphlet to be distributed by the department on and after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one.

4. The department may establish a method of distributing the pamphlets so that there is no fiscal impact upon the department.

5. Any vendor violating this section shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.