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Int 0535-2007

Emergency power in police precincts.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2007-03-14

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2007-03-14Passed: 2009-12-31
Committee on Public SafetyPolice Department, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, courts, legal services, District Attorneys, and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.

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This bill: 1023 days in committee

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Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2007-03-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2007-03-14 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2009-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2007-03-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter one of title 14 of the administrative code of the City of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-152 to read as follows: § 14-152. Police precinct emergency power. a. By January 1, 2009, all police precincts shall be equipped with an emergency power source sufficient to operate essential equipment for at least forty-eight hours. b. Police precinct emergency power sources shall be inspected and tested monthly, including, when practicable, testing under loss of power conditions. c. The police commissioner shall issue a report to the council and the mayor every six months, commencing six months from the effective date of the local law that added this section, that indicates which police precincts are in compliance with this section and the status of those that are not in compliance. § 2. This local law shall take effect immediately upon its enactment. LS#683 RCC 8/08/2006