File #: Int 0272-2002    Version: * Name: Creating drug-free zones in city-owned playgrounds.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 10/9/2002
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to creating drug-free zones in city-owned playgrounds.
Sponsors: Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., James S. Oddo, Melinda R. Katz, Bill De Blasio, Dennis P. Gallagher, James F. Gennaro, Maria Baez, Erik Martin Dilan, Simcha Felder, Lewis A. Fidler, Helen D. Foster, Alan J. Gerson, Eric N. Gioia, Robert Jackson, Allan W. Jennings, Jr., G. Oliver Koppell, John C. Liu, Margarita Lopez, Miguel Martinez, Michael E. McMahon, Michael C. Nelson, Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Helen Sears, Jose M. Serrano, Kendall Stewart, Peter F. Vallone, Jr., Albert Vann, David I. Weprin, Andrew J. Lanza, Larry B. Seabrook, David Yassky
Council Member Sponsors: 31
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2003*Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/9/2002*Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/9/2002*Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 272

By Council Members Addabbo, Oddo, Katz, DeBlasio, Gallagher, Gennaro, Baez, Dilan, Felder, Fidler, Foster, Gerson, Gioia, Jackson, Jennings, Koppell, Liu, Lopez, Martinez, McMahon, Nelson, Recchia, Sears, Serrano, Stewart, Vallone, Vann, Weprin and Lanza; also Council Members Seabrook and Yassky

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to creating drug-free zones in city-owned playgrounds.
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section one. Chapter 2 of Title 10 of the administrative code of the City of New York is hereby amended to add a new section 10-203 to read as follows:
?10-203.a. The term "controlled substance" shall have the same meaning as in the New York State penal law.
b. The term "playground" shall mean any land or structure contained within any public playground within the jurisdiction and control of the City of New York, including any area accessible to the public located within one thousand feet of the real property line comprising such playground.
c. No person shall unlawfully possess or sell any controlled substance at a playground.
d. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment of not more than one year, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
e. In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsection (d) of this section, any person who violates this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than ten thousand dollars nor more than one hundred thousand dollars.
?2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.

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