Bill Text: NY A11351 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides amnesty for certain persons from penalties and liabilities resulting from failure to perform snow, ice and dirt removal; defines senior citizen and disability for purposes of such amnesty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-10-19 - print number 11351a [A11351 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A11351-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11351--A IN ASSEMBLY September 19, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fernandez) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing amnesty for certain persons from penalties and liabilities resulting from failure to perform snow, ice and dirt removal The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new 2 section 137 to read as follows: 3 § 137. Snow, ice and dirt removal; amnesty. 1. A requirement imple- 4 mented by any city having a population of one million or more to remove 5 snow, ice and dirt shall not apply to an owner, lessee, tenant, occu- 6 pant, or other person, having charge of any building or lot of ground in 7 such city that is: (i) a senior citizen; or (ii) a person with a disa- 8 bility. 9 2. Any person exempt from the snow, ice and dirt removal requirement 10 pursuant to subdivision one of this section who has received a notice of 11 violation, appearance ticket or summons indicating a violation shall be 12 granted amnesty from any civil penalty imposed for failure to remove 13 snow, ice or dirt. Such amnesty shall be granted when such city is 14 provided with proof that such person is: (i) a senior citizen; or (ii) a 15 person with a disability. 16 3. For purposes of this section: (i) the term "disability" means (a) a 17 physical, mental or medical impairment resulting from anatomical, phys- 18 iological, genetic or neurological conditions which prevents the exer- 19 cise of a normal bodily function or is demonstrable by medically 20 accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques or (b) a record of 21 such an impairment or (c) a condition regarded by others as such an 22 impairment. The term shall be limited to disabilities which prevent the 23 complainant from performing snow, ice and dirt removal in a reasonable 24 manner; 25 (ii) the term "senior citizen" means a person who is at least sixty 26 years of age. 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16114-02-8