File #: Int 0759-2022    Version: Name: A catalytic converter etching program.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 10/12/2022
Enactment date: 1/7/2023 Law number: 2023/005
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a catalytic converter etching program
Sponsors: Linda Lee, Robert F. Holden, Kamillah Hanks, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Marjorie Velázquez, Darlene Mealy, Lincoln Restler, Amanda Farías, Lynn C. Schulman, Julie Won, Shahana K. Hanif, Kevin C. Riley, Shaun Abreu, Farah N. Louis, Rita C. Joseph, Justin L. Brannan, Nantasha M. Williams, Eric Dinowitz, Gale A. Brewer, Mercedes Narcisse, Kalman Yeger , Joann Ariola , Vickie Paladino
Council Member Sponsors: 23
Summary: This bill would require the Police Department to establish a program to provide the public with etchings that affix or engrave identifying numbers into catalytic converters of vehicles for the purpose of assisting law enforcement investigations and deterring theft of such parts.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 759-B, 2. Summary of Int. No. 759-A, 3. Summary of Int. No. 759, 4. Int. No. 759, 5. October 12, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 6. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-12-22, 7. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 12, 2022, 8. Committee Report 10/20/22, 9. Hearing Testimony 10/20/22, 10. Hearing Transcript 10/20/22, 11. Proposed Int. No. 759-A - 11/16/22, 12. Proposed Int. No. 759-B - 12/1/22, 13. Committee Report 12/7/22, 14. Hearing Transcript 12/7/22, 15. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 16. December 7, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 17. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-7-22, 18. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 7, 2022, 19. Int. No. 759-B (FINAL), 20. Fiscal Impact Statement, 21. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 22. Local Law 5
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Int. No. 759-B

 

By Council Members Lee, Holden, Hanks, Brooks-Powers, Velázquez, Mealy, Restler, Farías, Schulman, Won, Hanif, Riley, Abreu, Louis, Joseph, Brannan, Williams, Dinowitz, Brewer, Narcisse, Yeger, Ariola and Paladino

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a catalytic converter etching program

 

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 amended by adding a new section 10-185 to read as follows:

§ 10-185 Catalytic converter etching program. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term “etching” means the affixing or engraving of a unique identifying number onto a catalytic converter of a motor vehicle by the police department or with a kit provided by the police department.

b. Etching program for the public. Subject to appropriation, the police department shall establish a program to:

1. Provide etching to the public; and

2. Engage in an outreach campaign to inform the public about the etching program and the means by which etching may prevent theft of catalytic converters.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

NAB/RMC/JDK

LS #9954/10082

11/29/2022