File #: Int 0286-2002    Version: Name: Increasing the penalties for the sale of aerosol spray paint cans and broad tipped indelible markers.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 10/9/2002
Enactment date: 1/7/2003 Law number: 2003/005
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the penalties for the defacement of property and the possession, sale and display of graffiti instruments.
Sponsors: Peter F. Vallone, Jr., Eric N. Gioia, Philip Reed, Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., Ruben Diaz, Simcha Felder, Lewis A. Fidler, Alan J. Gerson, Melinda R. Katz, G. Oliver Koppell, John C. Liu, Michael C. Nelson, Christine C. Quinn, James Sanders, Jr., Helen Sears, Jose M. Serrano, David I. Weprin, Dennis P. Gallagher, Martin J. Golden, James S. Oddo, David Yassky, Eva S. Moskowitz
Council Member Sponsors: 22
Attachments: 1. Committee Report 11/13, 2. Hearing Transcript 11/13, 3. Committee Report 11/26, 4. Hearing Transcript 11/26, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting - 12/18, 6. Fiscal Impact Statement, 7. Local Law
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
1/8/2003APeter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Recved from Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/7/2003APeter F. Vallone, Jr. Mayor Signed Into Law by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/7/2003APeter F. Vallone, Jr. Mayor Hearing Held by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2002APeter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2002APeter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/4/2002APeter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Laid Over by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/26/2002*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/26/2002*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Public Safety Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/26/2002*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Public Safety Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/26/2002APeter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Public Safety Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
11/13/2002*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Public Safety Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/13/2002*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/13/2002*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Consumer Affairs Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/13/2002*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Consumer Affairs Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/9/2002*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/9/2002*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Proposed Int. No. 286-A

 

By Council Members Vallone, Gioia, Reed, Addabbo, Diaz, Felder, Fidler, Gerson, Katz, Koppell, Liu, Nelson, Quinn, Sanders, Sears, Serrano, Weprin, Gallagher, Golden and Oddo; also Council Members Yassky and Moskowitz

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the penalties for the defacement of property and the possession, sale and display of graffiti instruments.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

                     Section 1. Subsections (f) and (g) of section 10-117 of the administrative code of the city of New York are hereby amended to read as follows:

f.                     Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment of not more than three months, or both. Any person who has been previously convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both.

g.                     In addition to the criminal penalties imposed pursuant to subdivision f of this section, a person who violates the provisions of subdivision a, b, c or d of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation which may be recovered in a proceeding before the environmental control board. Any person who has been previously convicted of violating the provisions of subdivision a, b, c or d of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation which may be recovered in a proceeding before the environmental control board.  Such proceeding shall be commenced by the service of a notice of violation returnable before such board.

§2. This local law shall take effect 120 days after enactment.

 

 

 

 

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