Bill Text: NY S06443 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a stop work order; increases fines from $5,000 to $10,000 for initial violation and $10,000 to $20,000 for subsequent violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S06443 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06443-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6443
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 19, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a
          stop work order
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 28-207.2.6 of the administrative code of  the  city
     2  of  New York, as amended by section 47 of part A of local law number 141
     3  of the city of New York for  the  year  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    §  28-207.2.6  Penalties. In addition to the penalties provided for in
     6  this chapter, any person who fails to comply  with  a  stop  work  order
     7  shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of [five] ten thousand
     8  dollars  for the initial violation and [ten] twenty thousand dollars for
     9  every subsequent violation, to be paid to the department  prior  to  the
    10  rescission  of  the  stop  work order; provided, however, this shall not
    11  apply to any work performed to remedy an unsafe or  hazardous  condition
    12  as authorized by order of the commissioner.
    13    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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