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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 3, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. SKARTADOS, BRINDISI, WEINSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored
  by  --  M.  of A.   BRENNAN, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, KEARNS, LAVINE,
  TITONE -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration)  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, the uniform district
  court act, and the uniform city court act, in relation to the authori-
  ty of the New York city civil court, district court and city court  to
  issue  a  judgment  to  recover  the cost of enforcing state and local
  housing maintenance, building, and  health  codes  without  regard  to
  amount

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision (l) of section 203 of the New York  city  civil
court  act,  as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 1984, is amended to
read as follows:
  (l) An action to recover costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by
the city of New York in the elimination or correction of a  nuisance  or
other violation of any law described in subdivision (k) of this section,
or  in the removal or demolition of any building pursuant to such law or
laws. THE COURT SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION TO RENDER A JUDGMENT FOR  COSTS,
EXPENSES  AND  DISBURSEMENTS  INCURRED  BY  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK IN THE
CORRECTION OF A NUISANCE, OTHER VIOLATION OF LAW, OR REMOVAL OR  DEMOLI-
TION OF ANY BUILDING WITHOUT REGARD TO AMOUNT.
  S  2.  Paragraph  3  of  subdivision (a) of section 203 of the uniform
district court act, as amended by chapter 337 of the laws  of  2005,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (3) An action to recover costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by
any political subdivision of the state located in whole or in part with-
in  a  district  of  the  court  in  the  elimination or correction of a
nuisance or other violation of any law described  in  paragraph  (2)  of
this subdivision, or in the removal or demolition of any building pursu-
ant  to  such law or laws. THE COURT SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION TO RENDER A
JUDGMENT FOR COSTS, EXPENSES AND DISBURSEMENTS INCURRED BY  A  POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION  OF  THE  STATE  IN  THE  CORRECTION  OF  A  NUISANCE, OTHER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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VIOLATION OF LAW, OR REMOVAL  OR  DEMOLITION  OF  ANY  BUILDING  WITHOUT
REGARD TO AMOUNT.
  S 3. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (a) of section 203 of the uniform city
court  act, as amended by chapter 337 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
  (3) An action to recover costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by
any political subdivision of the state in the elimination or  correction
of  a  nuisance or other violation of any law described in paragraph (2)
of this subdivision, or in the removal or  demolition  of  any  building
pursuant  to  such  law  or  laws.  THE COURT SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION TO
RENDER A JUDGMENT FOR COSTS, EXPENSES AND DISBURSEMENTS  INCURRED  BY  A
POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OF  THE  STATE  IN THE CORRECTION OF A NUISANCE,
OTHER VIOLATION OF LAW, OR REMOVAL OR DEMOLITION OF ANY BUILDING WITHOUT
REGARD TO AMOUNT.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.