Section 8-106. Administration and enforcement

1. With respect to existing
  buildings owned by the state, this article shall be administered by  the
  commissioner  and  the  standards  enforced  by  the  office  of general
  services  in  accordance  with  procedures  to  be  developed   by   the
  commissioner  after  consultation with the commissioner of the office of
  general services. The commissioner may request any department, division,
  board, bureau,  commission,  or  other  state  agency  to  provide  such
  information,   data  and  assistance  as  is  necessary  to  enable  the
  commissioner to effectuate  the  purposes  of  this  article,  and  such
  departments,  divisions,  boards,  bureaus,  commissions and other state
  agencies are  authorized  to  provide,  to  the  extent  feasible,  such
  information, data and assistance.
    2.  With  respect to existing buildings owned by any municipality, the
  administration  and  enforcement  of  the   standards   shall   be   the
  responsibility   of   such   municipality   and   the   manner  of  such
  administration and enforcement shall  be  prescribed  by  local  law  or
  ordinance  or  by  order or resolution of the governing body of any such
  municipality.
    3. a. With respect to all other existing buildings, the administration
  and enforcement of the standards shall  be  the  responsibility  of  the
  office,  provided,  however,  that  the  commissioner  may enter into an
  agreement with any city, town or village delegating all or part of  such
  responsibility.  On  or before April first, nineteen hundred eighty, the
  office shall adopt regulations  providing  for  the  administration  and
  enforcement  of  such  standards  as  well  as  providing  for  the wide
  dissemination of such standards to the general public. Such  regulations
  shall  include  a  requirement  that  the owner of record of an existing
  building or  a  real  estate  management  company  responsible  for  the
  management  and  operation of any such building or the tenant or tenants
  of leased premises in any such building, submit sworn statements to  the
  office, or where applicable, to such a city, town or village, certifying
  that  the  building  or  leased premises are in full compliance with the
  standards, or alternatively, that the building or leased  premises  will
  be  in  such  compliance  on  or  before October first, nineteen hundred
  eighty-one.
    b. Any person who knowingly  fails  to  submit  such  a  certification
  statement  as  required  by  this subdivision or the regulations adopted
  hereunder or who knowingly fails to bring  such  a  building  or  leased
  premises  into  compliance with the standards by October first, nineteen
  hundred eighty-one, shall be liable for a civil penalty  of  up  to  one
  thousand  dollars. The attorney general is hereby authorized to commence
  an action or special proceeding in any court of  competent  jurisdiction
  in  the state in the name of the people of the state to recover any such
  penalty,  or  for  injunctive  relief  to  compel  compliance  with  the
  standards,  when  requested  to  do  so  by the commissioner. All monies
  recovered in any such action or special proceeding,  together  with  the
  costs thereof shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the
  general  fund.  Any  such  action  or  proceeding  may be compromised or
  discontinued on application of the commissioner upon such terms  as  the
  court shall approve and order.
    4. Where the commissioner has entered into an agreement with any city,
  town  or  village, delegating all or part of the office's responsibility
  for the administration and enforcement of the standards, any officer  or
  department designated by a local law or ordinance of any such city, town
  or  village  shall  have  power  to conduct investigations regarding the
  compliance with the provisions of this subdivision and to  institute  an
  action  or  special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to
  enjoin any violation of this subdivision  and  to  recover  the  penalty

  specified. All monies recovered in any such action or special proceeding
  together  with  the costs thereof, shall be paid to the treasurer of any
  such city, town or village and be available for any lawful city, town or
  village purpose.