Establishes an administrative adjudication hearing procedure for code and ordinance violations for the city of Long Beach for all code and ordinance violations relating to conditions which constitute a threat or danger to the public health, safety or welfare.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7548
SPONSOR: Brown E TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing
an administrative adjudication hearing procedure for code and ordinance
violations for the city of Long Beach
PURPOSE:
To authorize the City of Long Beach to establish an administrative adju-
dication hearing procedure for code and ordinance violations and traffic
infractions.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Adds a new subdivision to Section 380 of the General Munici-
pal Law, authorizing the City of Long Beach to adopt a local law to
establish an administrative adjudication hearing procedure for code and
ordinance violations relating to conditions which constitute a threat or
danger to the public health, safety or welfare. Further provides that
such administrative adjudication bureau may also provide for the hearing
and determination of traffic infractions constituting parking, standing,
or stopping violations.
Section 2: Provides the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation has been requested by the City of Long Beach, and would
allow the city to establish an administrative adjudication hearing
procedure for code and ordinance violations, as well as for traffic
infractions, thereby streamlining the process for resolving these
violations and infractions.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7548
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 25, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing
an administrative adjudication hearing procedure for code and ordi-
nance violations for the city of Long Beach
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 380 of the general municipal law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. The city of Long Beach may adopt a local law establishing an admin-
4 istrative adjudication hearing procedure under the provisions of this
5 article for all code and ordinance violations relating to conditions
6 which constitute a threat or danger to the public health, safety or
7 welfare provided, however, that such administrative adjudication hearing
8 procedure shall not apply to violations of the building code of the city
9 of Long Beach. Such administrative adjudication bureau established
10 pursuant to this subdivision may also provide for the hearing and deter-
11 mination of traffic infractions constituting parking, standing or stop-
12 ping violations, provided that the provisions of article two-B of the
13 vehicle and traffic law shall apply to such hearing and determinations.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11615-01-3
