Assembly Bill A8954

2011-2012 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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2011-A8954 (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:
2009-2010: A216
2013-2014: A787
2015-2016: A3214
2017-2018: A5539

2011-A8954 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2011-A8954 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8954

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

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.
                                                           LBD00645-01-1

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