Senate Bill S348

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that a photographic image be taken of every municipal sanitation violation

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S348 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §137, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4889
2015-2016: S2689
2017-2018: S2108

2019-S348 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that a photographic image be taken of every municipal sanitation violation.

2019-S348 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S348 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    348
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring  the
   production  of  a photographic image of each violation of a local law,
   ordinance or code relating to sanitation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 137 to read as follows:
   § 137. PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF SANITATION VIOLATIONS.  NO  AGENT  OF  A
 CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY SHALL CHARGE ANY PERSON WITH THE VIOLATION
 OF  ANY  LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR CODE RELATING TO SANITATION, UNTIL SUCH
 AGENT SHALL HAVE CAUSED A PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE UNSANITARY CONDITION
 TO BE PRODUCED. TWO COPIES OF EACH  SUCH  PHOTOGRAPHIC  IMAGE  SHALL  BE
 PRODUCED,  WITH  ONE SUCH COPY BEING ATTACHED TO THE INSTRUMENT CHARGING
 SUCH VIOLATION WHICH IS PROVIDED TO THE PERSON ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMITTED
 THE VIOLATION, AND THE REMAINING COPY SHALL BE  RETAINED  BY  THE  CITY,
 TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02612-01-9

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