Bill Text: NY A03214 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3214 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for community service as one of the punishments for the violation of a local law in a municipality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-02 - reported referred to codes [A03214 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03214-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3214
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Local Governments
       AN  ACT  to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to punishment
         for the violation of a local law
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 10 of the munici-
    2  pal home rule law is amended to read as follows:
    3    (b) To provide for the enforcement of local laws by legal or equitable
    4  proceedings  which  are  or  may  be  provided  or authorized by law, to
    5  prescribe  that  violations  thereof  shall   constitute   misdemeanors,
    6  offenses  or infractions and to provide for the punishment of violations
    7  thereof by civil penalty, fine, forfeiture, COMMUNITY SERVICE or  impri-
    8  sonment,  or by two or more of such punishments, provided, however, that
    9  a local law adopted pursuant to subdivision two of  this  section  shall
   10  provide  only  for such enforcement or punishment as could be prescribed
   11  if the action of the legislative body were taken  by  ordinance,  resol-
   12  ution, rule or regulation, as the case may be.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07344-01-5