Relates to the authority of the New York city civil court, district court and city court to issue a judgment to recover enforcement costs without regard to amount.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9784
IN ASSEMBLY
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:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (l) of section 203 of the New York city civil
2 court act, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 1984, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (l) An action to recover costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by
5 the city of New York in the elimination or correction of a nuisance or
6 other violation of any law described in subdivision (k) of this section,
7 or in the removal or demolition of any building pursuant to such law or
8 laws. The court shall have jurisdiction to render a judgment for costs,
9 expenses and disbursements incurred by the city of New York in the
10 correction of a nuisance, other violation of law, or removal or demoli-
11 tion of any building without regard to amount.
12 § 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (a) of section 203 of the uniform
13 district court act, as amended by chapter 337 of the laws of 2005, is
14 amended to read as follows:
15 (3) An action to recover costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by
16 any political subdivision of the state located in whole or in part with-
17 in a district of the court in the elimination or correction of a
18 nuisance or other violation of any law described in paragraph (2) of
19 this subdivision, or in the removal or demolition of any building pursu-
20 ant to such law or laws. The court shall have jurisdiction to render a
21 judgment for costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by a political
22 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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1 violation of law, or removal or demolition of any building without
2 regard to amount.
3 § 3. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (a) of section 203 of the uniform city
4 court act, as amended by chapter 337 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
5 read as follows:
6 (3) An action to recover costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by
7 any political subdivision of the state in the elimination or correction
8 of a nuisance or other violation of any law described in paragraph (2)
9 of this subdivision, or in the removal or demolition of any building
10 pursuant to such law or laws. The court shall have jurisdiction to
11 render a judgment for costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by a
12 political subdivision of the state in the correction of a nuisance,
13 other violation of law, or removal or demolition of any building without
14 regard to amount.
15 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
16 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
