Int 0247-2014
Criminal and civil penalties for the performance of unlicensed electrical work.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2014-04-10Local Law 2017/046
Enacted as Local Law 2017/046.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2014-04-10Passed: 2017-03-21Enacted: 2017-03-21
Summary
This bill would increase the penalties for performing electrical work without a required license.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
How it compares
34% of similar bills passed
17 passed · 33 died
This bill: 1069 days in committee
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Sponsors (30)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2014-04-10 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2014-04-10 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2016-12-13 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2016-12-13 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-03-15 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-03-15 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-03-15 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-03-15 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-03-16 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2017-03-16 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2017-03-21 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2017-03-21 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2017-03-22 · City Council
Votes (11)
Aye (9)
Rosie MendezBarry S. GrodenchikRitchie J. TorresRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.Jumaane D. WilliamsYdanis A. RodriguezMark LevineHelen K. Rosenthal
Absent (2)
Rafael Salamanca, Jr.Eric A. Ulrich
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2017-03-16 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-03-15 · 9:45 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2016-12-13 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2014-04-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (16)
- Legislative History Report
- Summary of Int. No. 247
- Int. No. 247 - 4/10/14
- Committee Report 12/13/16
- Hearing Testimony 12/13/16
- Hearing Transcript 12/13/16
- Committee Report 3/15/17
- Hearing Transcript 3/15/17
- March 16, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-16-17
- Int. No. 247-A - 3/17/17
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Int. No. 247-A (FINAL)
- Mayor's Letter
- Local Law 46
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 16, 2017
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 or by both such fine and imprisonment] in accordance with chapter two of title 28 of this code.
� 2. Item 13 of Section 28-201.2.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York as added by local law number 159 for the year 2016, 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] $2,500 for the first violation and [five thousand dollars] $5,000 for each subsequent violation.
13.2 The minimum civil penalty that shall be imposed for a violation of section 27-3017 of this code and the minimum fine that shall be imposed for a violation of such section shall be $4,800. The maximum fine that shall be imposed for a violation of such section shall be $25,000. Such violation may also be punished, in addition to or instead of such fine, by imprisonment of not more than one year.
� 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of buildings may take all actions necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date.
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