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This bill would allow identifying information found in waste that has been unlawfully dumped to be used as evidence of a violation.

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Int. No. 655-A

 

By Council Members Matteo, Holden, Yeger, Vallone and Miller

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to evidence of unlawful dumping

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision c of section 16-119 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:

(5) If the department, the department  of  small  business  services  or  the  department   of environmental protection has established that material transported in a dump truck or other vehicle has been dumped, deposited or otherwise disposed of in violation of subdivision a of this section, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name, or other identifying information, appears on any such material has violated such subdivision if the department, the department  of  small  business  services  or  the  department   of environmental protection establishes that such person owns or has control of (i) such dump truck or other vehicle or (ii) any dump truck.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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