Bill Text: NY S01078 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1078 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a stop work order; increases fines from $6,000 to $10,000 for initial violation and $12,000 to $20,000 for subsequent violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01078 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01078-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1078
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2019
                                       ___________
        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 local law number 157 of the city of New York
     3  for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 28-207.2.6 Penalties. In addition to the penalties provided  for  in
     5  this  chapter,  any  person  who  fails to comply with a stop work order
     6  shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount  of  [$6,000]  $10,000
     7  for  the  initial  violation  and [$12,000] $20,000 for every subsequent
     8  violation, to be paid to the department prior to the rescission  of  the
     9  stop  work  order;  provided,  however, this shall not apply to any work
    10  performed to remedy an unsafe or hazardous condition  as  authorized  by
    11  order of the commissioner.
    12    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    13  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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