File #: Int 0231-2010    Version: Name: Requiring traffic agents to photograph all ticketable offenses and include a copy of the photograph with each notice of violation.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 5/12/2010
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring photographs to be included with certain notices of violation for parking violations.
Sponsors: James Vacca, Gale A. Brewer, Daniel Dromm , Lewis A. Fidler, Vincent J. Gentile, G. Oliver Koppell, Karen Koslowitz, Rosie Mendez, Michael C. Nelson, James G. Van Bramer, Jumaane D. Williams, Letitia James, Deborah L. Rose, Eric A. Ulrich
Council Member Sponsors: 14
Attachments: 1. Int. No. 231 - 5/12/10, 2. Committee Report 6/22/11, 3. Hearing Testimony 6/22/11, 4. Hearing Transcript 6/22/11
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2013AJames Vacca City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2011*James Vacca Committee on Transportation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2011*James Vacca Committee on Transportation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2011*James Vacca Committee on Transportation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/12/2010*James Vacca City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/12/2010*James Vacca City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Proposed Int. No. 231-A
 
By Council Members Vacca, Brewer, Dromm, Fidler, Gentile, Koppell, Koslowitz, Mendez, Nelson, Van Bramer, Williams, James, Rose and Ulrich
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring photographs to be included with certain notices of violation for parking violations.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
Section 1.  Subdivision a of section 19-204 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. The notice of violation shall contain information advising the person charged of the manner and the time in which he or she may plead either guilty or not guilty to the charge alleged in the notice.  Such notice of violation shall also contain a warning to advise the person charged that failure to plead in the manner and time provided shall be deemed, for all purposes, an admission of liability and that default judgment may be rendered.  Commencing January 1, 2012, and concluding December 31, 2012, in one or more community districts designated by the department, there shall be a pilot program regarding the use of photographs with certain violations as indicated below.  During the time and at the location of such pilot, notices of violations alleging stopping, standing or parking in bus stops, in handicapped zones, in bicycle lanes, in crosswalks, on sidewalks, closer than fifteen feet to a fire hydrant, on the roadway side of a vehicle stopped, standing or parked at the curb, or alleging failure to display a required document or license plate, shall also contain a photograph evidencing the alleged violation.  The form and wording of the notice of violation shall be prescribed by the director.  A copy of each notice of violation served shall be filed and retained by the bureau, and shall be deemed a record kept in the ordinary course of business, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.
ยง2.  This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment.
 
Int. No. 886-A/2009
LS # 648
RC/lf
5/31/11