File #: Int 0524-2007    Version: Name: Penalties for certain violations committed by licensed riggers or persons performing the functions and duties of licensed riggers, or other persons responsible for keeping inspection records at job sites.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 2/28/2007
Enactment date: 4/17/2007 Law number: 2007/018
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for certain violations committed by licensed riggers or persons performing the functions and duties of licensed riggers, or other persons responsible for keeping inspection records at job sites.
Sponsors: Erik Martin Dilan, Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., Vincent J. Gentile, Alan J. Gerson, Sara M. Gonzalez, Letitia James, Miguel Martinez, Michael C. Nelson, Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Helen Sears, Kendall Stewart, Daniel R. Garodnick, Thomas White, Jr., David I. Weprin, (in conjunction with the Mayor)
Council Member Sponsors: 15
Attachments: 1. Int. No. 524 - 2/28/07, 2. Committee Report 3/1/07, 3. Hearing Transcript 3/1/07, 4. Committee Report 3/28/07, 5. Hearing Transcript 3/28/07, 6. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3/28/07, 7. Press Release, 8. Fiscal Impact Statement, 9. Local Law
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
4/17/2007AErik Martin Dilan City Council Recved from Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/17/2007AErik Martin Dilan Mayor Signed Into Law by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/17/2007AErik Martin Dilan Mayor Hearing Held by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/28/2007AErik Martin Dilan City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/28/2007AErik Martin Dilan City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
3/28/2007*Erik Martin Dilan Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/28/2007*Erik Martin Dilan Committee on Housing and Buildings Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/28/2007*Erik Martin Dilan Committee on Housing and Buildings Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/28/2007AErik Martin Dilan Committee on Housing and Buildings Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
3/1/2007*Erik Martin Dilan Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/1/2007*Erik Martin Dilan Committee on Housing and Buildings Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/28/2007*Erik Martin Dilan City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/28/2007*Erik Martin Dilan City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 524-A
 
By Council Members Dilan, Addabbo Jr., Gentile, Gerson, Gonzalez, James, Martinez, Nelson, Recchia Jr., Sears, Stewart, Garodnick, White Jr. and Weprin (in conjunction with the Mayor)
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for certain violations committed by licensed riggers or persons performing the functions and duties of licensed riggers, or other persons responsible for keeping inspection records at job sites.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
Section 1.  Chapter 1 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 26-181.1 to read as follows:
§26-181.1 Violations and penalties.
a.      Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this subchapter, any licensed rigger or person performing the functions and duties of a licensed rigger who violates the provisions of sections 26-172, 26-178 or 26-179 of this subchapter or fails to ensure that workers have certificates of fitness which shall be required pursuant to the department's rules or any person who violates the provisions of section 27-1045 of the code shall be liable for penalties in accordance with the schedule below, to be recovered in a proceeding before the environmental control board:
 
 
First Offense
Default
Second or subsequent offense
Default
No Certificate of Fitness
$1,500
$2,500
$2,500
$15,000
No Rigger License
$1,250
$2,500
$2,500
$15,000
No Required Insurance or Bond
$1,250
$2,500
$2,500
$15,000
No Record of Inspection at Job Site
$1,250
$2,500
$2,500
$15,000
 
b.      Any licensed rigger who has been found guilty after proceedings before the environmental control board (1) of one or more of the violations in this section, or (2) of section 27-1050.1 of the administrative code three times within any six-month period, shall be subject to immediate suspension of his or her license pending a hearing and determination in accordance with the provisions of section 26-140 of this subchapter.
§2.  This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.
 
 
 
 
 
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