Int. No. 448
By Council Members Weprin, Gennaro, Rivera, Gentile, James, Stewart, Baez, Seabrook, Gerson, Katz, Reyna, Foster, Jackson, Boyland, Gioia, Sanders Jr., Dilan, Liu, Yassky, Vallone Jr., Gonzalez, Koppell, Brewer and Recchia
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to revenues and expenditures of the department of buildings for plan examinations and applications for certificates of occupancy.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 26-110 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
§ 26-110 Publication of statistics and other data. a.The commissioner may provide for the publicity of the papers, files, reports, records and the proceedings of the department whenever he or she deems it necessary for the public good.
b. The commissioner shall report on March 15th and September 15th of each year the amount of revenue collected and the amount of expenditures made with respect to activities encompassed by Articles 9 and 22 of subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 27of this code. The report shall be delivered to the comptroller of the city of New York, the speaker of the council of the city of New York and shall be made available to the general public.
c. Should any report required by subdivision b show that the amount of expenditures encompassed by Articles 9 and 22 of subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 27 be less than ninety-percent of the revenue, then the commissioner shall order that either (i) all fees charged pursuant to Articles 9 and 22 of subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 27 shall be reduced so that the anticipated revenues shall match anticipated expenditures for the following six months; or (ii) raise expenditures so that all anticipated expenditures match anticipated revenues.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately after its enactment into law.
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