Bill Text: NY S03905 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Yonkers to adopt a local law creating a bureau of administrative adjudication for code and ordinance violations regarding conditions which constitute a threat or danger to the public health, safety or welfare.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10015 [S03905 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03905-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3905
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 9, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  bureaus  of
         administrative adjudication
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 380 of the general municipal law, as added by chap-
    2  ter 382 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 380. Code and ordinance violations; administrative adjudication.  1.
    4  Any municipality having a population of more than three hundred thousand
    5  but less than three hundred fifty thousand may adopt a local law  estab-
    6  lishing  an  administrative  adjudication  hearing  procedure  under the
    7  provisions of this article for all code and ordinance violations regard-
    8  ing conditions which constitute a threat or danger to the public health,
    9  safety or welfare. Such bureaus shall be responsible for  the  impartial
   10  administration  and  conduct of adjudicatory proceedings in such munici-
   11  pality.
   12    2. THE CITY OF YONKERS MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW ESTABLISHING AN  ADMINIS-
   13  TRATIVE  ADJUDICATION  HEARING  PROCEDURE  UNDER  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
   14  ARTICLE FOR ALL CODE AND ORDINANCE  VIOLATIONS  RELATING  TO  CONDITIONS
   15  WHICH  CONSTITUTE  A  THREAT  OR  DANGER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR
   16  WELFARE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION  HEAR-
   17  ING  PROCEDURE SHALL NOT APPLY TO VIOLATIONS OF THE BUILDING CODE OF THE
   18  CITY OF YONKERS.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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