Int. No. 557
By Council Members Dear and Espada
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the issuance of pro-rated refunds for base station licenses.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 19-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 51 for the year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
§19-511 Licensing of communications systems and base stations. a. The commission shall require licenses for the operation of two-way radio or other communcations systems used for dispatching or conveying information to drivers of licensed vehicles, including for-hire vehicles or wheelchair accessible vans and shall require licenses for base stations, upon such terms as it deems advisable and upon payment of reasonable license fees of not more than five hundred dollars a year. There shall be an additional fee of twenty five dollars for late filing of a license renewal application where such filing is permitted by the commission. Where a base station ceases to operate prior to the expiration of the license issued by the commission, a refund of the license fee shall be issued to the licensee prorated to the remainder of the term of the license, within sixty days after a request is made for such refund.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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LS #1793
05/20/99