Int. No. 142
By Council Member Spigner; also Council Members Leffler and Michels
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to cleaning of water tanks that are used to provide drinking water.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision c of section 26-125 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(c) In addition to the penalties provided in subdivision a of this section, any owner who shall fail to file a report pursuant to the provisions of section 27-228.5, [or] 27-1000 or subdivision f of section 27-922 of the code shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars per day not to exceed one thousand dollars commencing with the date after which such report was required to be filed with the department and terminating on the date of the filing of such report with the department.
§2. Section 26-213 of the administrative code of the city of New York is hereby amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
d. The fee for each written statement filed pursuant to subdivision f of section 27-922 of this code shall be thirty dollars.
§3. Section 27-922 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
(f) Water tanks. (1) On or before the thirty-first day of December of each year, the owner, agent or other person in control of a building which has a water tank as part of its drinking water supply system shall file with the department a copy of all records maintained in accordance with section 141.03 of the New York city health code which provide the results of the annual inspection performed in accordance with such section and with section 141.05 of the health code. In addition, a written statement of all work that is performed, including the draining and cleaning of house and suction tanks required under section P107.8 of reference standard RS16, shall be filed together with such records.
(2) If an owner, agent or other person in control of a building which has a water tank as part of its drinking water supply system fails to file a written statement required under this subdivision on or before the thirty-first of December of each year, such owner shall be liable for a civil penalty in accordance with section 26-125 of this code.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph two of this subdivision, an owner who files a report pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision after the date such report was required to be filed but who provides evidence in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner that the water tank was timely inspected and cleaned in accordance with the relevant sections of the health code and administrative code shall only be liable for a civil penalty of fifty dollars.
§4. This local law shall take effect immediately.