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Int 0770-2022

Increasing fines for the depositing of residential or commercial refuse into public litter baskets.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Managementintroduced 2022-10-12

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-10-12Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would increase fines for depositing residential or commercial refuse into public litter baskets. It would also make a third or subsequent violation a class a misdemeanor.

Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste ManagementDepartment of Sanitation and the Business Integrity Commission.

How it compares

14% of similar bills passed

7 passed · 43 died

This bill: 445 days in committee

Similar bills: median 706 days · 145 days when passed

Sponsors (4)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-10-12 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-10-12 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2022-10-12 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision f of section 16-120 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: f. Any person violating the provisions of this section, except subdivision e, shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for the first violation, not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for a second violation within any twelve-month period, and not less than two hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for a third or subsequent violation with any twelve-month period. Any person violating the provisions of subdivision e of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of [not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred] two hundred dollars for the first violation, [not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred fifty] five hundred dollars for a second violation within any twelve-month period, and [not less than three hundred fifty dollars nor more than four hundred] six hundred dollars for a third or subsequent violation within any twelve month period. A third or subsequent violation shall be a class a misdemeanor. �2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment. Session 12 RMC LS #8629 5/18/22 Session 11 JCH/NKA LS 805/Int. No. 204/2014 1/2/2018 LS 1068 2