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Proposed Int. No. 850-A would increase the civil penalties for littering or spilling out of a vehicle to $200 for a first violation, $350 for any second violation within any 12-month period, and $450 for any third violation within any 12-month period.

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Int. No 850-A

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

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for littering from a vehicle

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 16-118 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 75 for the year 2016, paragraph c of such subdivision, as amended by a local law for the year 2018 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to adjusting penalties for littering, as proposed in introduction number 203-A, is amended to read as follows:

9. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty in the following amounts, provided that for the purposes of this subdivision, the term “first violation” means any number of violations issued for a single incident:

a. not less than 50 and not more than 250 dollars for a first violation, except that the civil penalty shall be not less than 250 and not more than 350 dollars for a second violation of subdivision 3, 4 or 6 of this section within any 12 month period, and not less than 350 and not more than 450 dollars for a third or subsequent violation of subdivision 3, 4 or 6 of this section within any 12 month period;

b. notwithstanding paragraph a of this subdivision, for any natural person violating subdivision 6 of this section by means of the act of public urination:

(1) 75 dollars for a first violation, and

(2) not less than 250 and not more than 350 dollars for any second violation within any 12 month period, and

(3) not less than 350 and not more than 450 dollars for any third violation within any 12 month period; [and]

c. notwithstanding paragraph a of this subdivision, for any natural person violating subdivision 1 of this section:

(1) 75 dollars for a first violation, and

(2) 300 dollars for any second violation within any 12 month period, and

(3) 400 dollars for any third violation within any 12 month period; and

d. notwithstanding paragraph a of this subdivision, for any natural person violating subdivision 4 of this section:

(1) 200 dollars for a first violation; and

(2) 350 dollars for any second violation within any 12 month period; and

(3) 450 dollars for any third violation within any 12 month period.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

 

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