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Requiring agencies to amend notices of violations if they are aware of deficiencies therein.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2015-06-10
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2015-06-10Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill would require that, when an agency issues a notice of violation to an individual or entity that does not meet the standard for a valid notice of violation established by the Environmental Control Board or Office of Administrative Tribunals, as applicable, the agency amend the notice of violation if possible. The notice of violation would then be provided to the alleged violator in the same manner as an original notice of violation and a new hearing date would be assigned.
Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2015-06-10 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2015-06-10 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-11-19 · Committee on Governmental Operations
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-11-19 · Committee on Governmental Operations
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-11-19 · Committee on Finance
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-11-19 · Committee on Finance
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (3)
Committee on Governmental Operations · 2015-11-19 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Finance · 2015-11-19 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2015-06-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph (1) of subdivision d of section 1049-a of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
(b)(i) The form and wording of notices of violation shall be prescribed by the board. [The] A notice of violation or copy thereof when filled in and served shall constitute notice of the violation charged, and, if sworn to or affirmed, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.
(ii) An agency that issues a notice of violation that does not include information required for a valid notice of violation by rule of the environmental control board or office of administrative trials and hearings shall, where possible, within 30 days of issuing such notice, or prior to the hearing date for such notice, whichever is earlier, amend the notice of violation to include such information. When a notice of violation is amended pursuant to this clause, the amending agency shall serve the amended notice as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision d of this section, and a new hearing date shall be assigned.
� 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law, except that the environmental control board and office of administrative trials and hearings may take any actions necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date.
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LS 2735/2014
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