Int 0857-2015
Increasing penalties for littering.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Managementintroduced 2015-07-23
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2015-07-23Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill would increase the fines for littering.
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management — Department of Sanitation and the Business Integrity Commission.
How it compares
10% of similar bills passed
5 passed · 45 died
This bill: 891 days in committee
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Sponsors (8)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2015-07-23 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2015-07-23 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-09-16 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-09-16 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (2)
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management · 2015-09-16 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
City Council · 2015-07-23 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (4)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 16-118 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 56 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:
9. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of [not less than fifty dollars nor more than] two hundred fifty dollars, except that for a second violation of subdivision one, three, four, or six of this section within any twelve-month period, such person shall be liable for a civil penalty of [not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than] three hundred fifty dollars and for a third or subsequent violation of subdivision one, three, four or six of this section within any twelve-month period such person shall be liable for a civil penalty of [not less than three hundred fifty dollars nor more than] four hundred fifty dollars.
� 2. Subdivision 11 of section 16-118 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 1 for the year 2003, is amended to read as follows:
11. In the event that a violator fails to answer such notice of violation, appearance ticket or summons within the time provided therefor by the rules and regulations of the environmental control board, he or she shall become liable for additional penalties. The additional penalties shall not exceed [four hundred fifty] six hundred seventy-five dollars for each violation.
� 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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