Bill Text: NY A04155 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a stop work order; increases fines from $6,000 to $10,000 for initial violation and $12,000 to $20,000 for subsequent violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to cities [A04155 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04155-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4155

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 10, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a
          stop work order

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 28-207.2.6 of the administrative code of  the  city
     2  of  New  York, as amended by section 2 of part A of local law number 126
     3  of the city of New York for  the  year  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    §  28-207.2.6  Penalties. In addition to the penalties provided for in
     6  this chapter, any person who fails to comply  with  a  stop  work  order
     7  shall  be  liable  for a civil penalty in the amount of [$6,000] $10,000
     8  for the initial violation and [$12,000]  $20,000  for  every  subsequent
     9  violation,  to  be paid to the department prior to the rescission of the
    10  stop work order; provided, however, this shall not  apply  to  any  work
    11  performed  to  remedy  an unsafe or hazardous condition as authorized by
    12  order of the commissioner.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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