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Int 1109-2013

Criminal and civil penalties for the performance of unauthorized electrical work.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2013-07-24

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2013-07-24Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Housing and BuildingsDepartment of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.

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36% of similar bills passed

18 passed · 32 died

This bill: 160 days in committee

Similar bills: median 470 days · 253 days when passed

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Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2013-07-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2013-07-24 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2013-07-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision c of section 27-3017 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: c. Penalty. Any person, partnership or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor [more than five thousand dollars for the first offense, not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for the second offense, and not less than fifteen hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for the third offense or any successive offense thereafter or by six months imprisonment] more than twenty-five thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment. §2. Item 13 of Section 28-201.2.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: 13. A violation of any provision of chapter 4 of this title for engaging in any business or occupation without a required license or other authorization or a violation of section 27-3017 for performing electrical work without a required license. 13.1 The minimum civil penalty that shall be imposed for a violation of section 28-408.1 or section 28-410.1 of this code and the minimum fine that shall be imposed for a violation of such sections shall be two thousand five hundred dollars for the first violation and five thousand dollars for each subsequent violation. 13.2 The minimum civil penalty that shall be imposed for a violation of section 27-3017 and the minimum fine that shall be imposed for a violation of such section shall be four thousand eight hundred dollars. § 3. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment except that the commissioner of the department of buildings shall take all actions necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date. LER LS 4267 3/4/13