File #: Int 0110-2010    Version: * Name: Allowing certain religious, fraternal or charitable organizations to remedy certain health code violations before a fine is issued.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Health
On agenda: 3/25/2010
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing certain religious, fraternal or charitable organizations to remedy certain health code violations before a fine is issued.
Sponsors: Vincent J. Gentile, Peter A. Koo, Joel Rivera, Fernando Cabrera , James S. Oddo, Daniel J. Halloran III, Eric A. Ulrich, Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., Lewis A. Fidler, Brad S. Lander, Michael C. Nelson, James Vacca, Jumaane D. Williams, Ydanis A. Rodriguez
Council Member Sponsors: 14
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2013*Vincent J. Gentile City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/25/2010*Vincent J. Gentile City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/25/2010*Vincent J. Gentile City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 110
 
By Council Members Gentile, Koo, Rivera, Cabrera, Oddo, Halloran, Ulrich, Comrie, Fidler, Lander, Nelson, Vacca, Williams and Rodriguez
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing certain religious, fraternal or charitable organizations to remedy certain health code violations before a fine is issued.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
Section 1. Section 17-133 of chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by lettering the existing text as subdivision a and adding a new subdivision b to read as follows:
b. The department shall promulgate rules providing non-profit entities, including but not limited to charitable, educational, religious, fraternal or other such associations or organizations, with a specified reasonable period of time to remediate certain violations of the health code of the city of New York without receiving fines for such violations. Such health code violations shall include, at a minimum, general violations of condition levels I, II, III, or IV, as those terms are defined in section 23-02 of the health code, and violations of sections 17-506 and 17-507 of the administrative code of the city of New York and any rules promulgated thereunder. A fine may be imposed if such violations are not remediated within such period of time.
ยง 2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law, provided that the department may promulgate any rules necessary for implementing and carrying out the provisions of this section prior to its effective date.
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LS # 587
Int. No. 791/2008
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