Bill Text: NY S04961 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4961 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Increases the penalty for the failure to comply with a notice and demand for the discontinuance of a paint condition conducive to lead poisoning from two thousand five hundred to five thousand dollars.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04961 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04961-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4961
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 3, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  abatement  of
          lead poisoning conditions
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1373 of the public health law,  as
     2  added by chapter 338 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows:
     3     3.    In the event of failure to comply with a notice and demand, the
     4  commissioner or his representative may conduct a formal hearing upon due
     5  notice in accordance with the provisions of  section  twelve-a  of  this
     6  chapter  and  on  proof of violation of such notice and demand may order
     7  abatement of a paint condition conducive to  lead  poisoning  upon  such
     8  terms  as may be appropriate and may assess a penalty not to exceed [two
     9  thousand five hundred] five thousand dollars for such violation.
    10    § 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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