Int 0488-2024
Reporting of revenue from the issuance of violations and the imposition of related fines. (Fine Accountability Act)
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislationintroduced 2024-02-28
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2024-02-28Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the Departments of Buildings, Consumer and Worker Protection, Health and Mental Hygiene, Sanitation, Transportation, and the Fire Department to report quarterly to the Council and community boards on the amount of revenue they received in the previous quarter from the issuance of violations.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation — 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, Law Department, Federal legislation, State legislation and Home Rule requests.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2024-02-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 488
- Int. No. 488
- February 28, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-28-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 28, 2024
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. This bill shall be known and may be cited as the "Fine Accountability Act."
� 2. Section 487 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
h. By January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report the amount of revenue collected pursuant to violations and fines issued by the department since the previous report issued under this subdivision. Such data shall be disaggregated by the community board district in which the violation occurred. Such report shall be delivered to the council and each community board, and shall be posted on the department's website.
� 3. Paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision e of section 556 of the New York city charter, as added by a vote of the electors on November 2, 2021, are amended, and a new paragraph (5) is added to such subdivision, to read as follows:
(3) provide for membership on such state or federally authorized committees as may be appropriate to the discharge of the department's functions, powers and duties; [and]
(4) by January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, report the amount of revenue collected pursuant to violations and fines issued by the department since the previous report issued under this paragraph. Such data shall be disaggregated by the community board district in which the violation occurred. Such report shall be delivered to the council and each community board, and shall be posted on the department's website; and
(5) perform such other acts as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter and the purposes of the mental hygiene law.
� 4. Section 645 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
(e) By January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report the amount of revenue collected pursuant to violations and fines issued by the department since the previous report issued under this subdivision. Such data shall be disaggregated by the community board district in which the violation occurred. Such report shall be delivered to the council and each community board, and shall be posted on the department's website.
� 5. Section 753 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
g. By January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report the amount of revenue collected pursuant to violations and fines issued by the department since the previous report issued under this subdivision. Such data shall be disaggregated by the community board district in which the violation occurred. Such report shall be delivered to the council and each community board, and shall be posted on the department's website.
� 6. Section 2203 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision (j) to read as follows:
(j) By January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report the amount of revenue collected pursuant to violations and fines issued by the department since the previous report issued under this subdivision. Such data shall be disaggregated by the community board district in which the violation occurred. Such report shall be delivered to the council and each community board, and shall be posted on the department's website.
� 7. Section 2903 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision e to read as follows:
e. By January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report the amount of revenue collected pursuant to violations and fines issued by the department since the previous report issued under this subdivision. Such data shall be disaggregated by the community board district in which the violation occurred. Such report shall be delivered to the council and each community board, and shall be posted on the department's website.
� 8. This local law shall take effect immediately, and the first reports required by this law shall be due by October 1, 2022, covering revenue collected from January 1, 2022 until the date each such report is issued.
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