Assembly Bill A216

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for community service as one of the punishments for the violation of a local law in a municipality

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  • 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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2009-A216 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Municipal Home Rule Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §10, Munic Home R L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A977, A8954
2013-2014: A787
2015-2016: A3214
2017-2018: A5539

2009-A216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for community service as one of the punishments for the violation of a local law in a municipality.

2009-A216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   216

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A.  TOWNS  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ments

AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation  to  punishment
  for the violation of a local law

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 10 of the munici-
pal home rule law is amended to read as follows:
  (b) To provide for the enforcement of local laws by legal or equitable
proceedings which are or may  be  provided  or  authorized  by  law,  to
prescribe   that   violations  thereof  shall  constitute  misdemeanors,
offenses or infractions and to provide for the punishment of  violations
thereof  by civil penalty, fine, forfeiture, COMMUNITY SERVICE or impri-
sonment, or by two or more of such punishments, provided, however,  that
a  local  law  adopted pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall
provide only for such enforcement or punishment as could  be  prescribed
if  the  action  of the legislative body were taken by ordinance, resol-
ution, rule or regulation, as the case may be.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01954-01-9


              

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