File #: Int 0230-2006    Version: * Name: Increasing the penalties for damaging public and private monuments that pay tribute to America’s military forces or personnel.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Veterans
On agenda: 3/22/2006
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the penalties for damaging public and private monuments that pay tribute to America’s military forces or personnel.
Sponsors: Gale A. Brewer, Lewis A. Fidler, James F. Gennaro, Vincent J. Gentile, Michael C. Nelson, Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., James Sanders, Jr., David I. Weprin, Helen Sears, John C. Liu, Peter F. Vallone, Jr.
Council Member Sponsors: 11
Attachments: 1. Hearing Transcript 10/31/06
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2009*Gale A. Brewer City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/31/2006*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Veterans Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/31/2006*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Veterans Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/22/2006*Gale A. Brewer City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/22/2006*Gale A. Brewer City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 230
 
By Council Members Brewer, Fidler, Gennaro, Gentile, Nelson, Recchia Jr., Sanders Jr., Weprin, Sears, Liu and Vallone Jr.
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the penalties for damaging public and private monuments that pay tribute to America's military forces or personnel.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1.  Chapter 1 of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is hereby amended by adding a new section 10-116.1 to read as follows:
§10-116.1  Damaging public and private monuments that pay tribute to America's military forces or personnel prohibited.  Any person who willfully and without authority breaks, defaces, disfigures, vandalizes, destroys or otherwise damages any public or private monument that pays tribute to America's military forces or personnel or any portion thereof, or any appurtenances thereto, or any person who knowingly aids, abets, conceals or in any way assists any such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment of not more than one year or by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred nor less than five hundred dollars, or both.  In addition, any person violating this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars.
         §2. This local law shall take effect thirty days after it shall have been enacted into law.
 
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