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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2884--A
            Cal. No. 199
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 26, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY, BIAGGI, BROOKS, KAVANAGH, RIVERA, SKOUFIS --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the  Committee  on  Housing, Construction and Community Development --
          reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second
          report,  ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to
          the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third  reading,
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
          third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  penalties  for  code
          violations
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  382  of  the  executive  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  135  of  the  laws  of 1997, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. Any person, having been served, either personally or by  registered
     5  or  certified mail, with an order to remedy any condition found to exist
     6  in, on,  or  about  any  building  in  violation  of  the  uniform  fire
     7  prevention  and  building code, who shall fail to comply with such order
     8  within the time fixed by the regulations promulgated  by  the  secretary
     9  pursuant  to subdivision one of section three hundred eighty-one of this
    10  article, such time period to be stated in  the  order,  and  any  owner,
    11  builder,  architect,  tenant,  contractor,  subcontractor,  construction
    12  superintendent or their agents  or  any  other  person  taking  part  or
    13  assisting  in  the  construction  of  any  building  who shall knowingly
    14  violate any of the applicable provisions of  the  uniform  code  or  any
    15  lawful order of a local government, a county or the secretary made ther-
    16  eunder  regarding  standards  for  construction,  maintenance,  or  fire
    17  protection equipment and systems, shall be punishable by a fine  of  not
    18  more than one thousand dollars per day of violation, or imprisonment not
    19  exceeding  one  year, or both for the first one hundred eighty days, and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04195-03-1
        S. 2884--A                          2
 
     1  for the following one hundred eighty days shall be punishable by a  fine
     2  of  no  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  and not more than one thousand
     3  dollars per day of violation or imprisonment not exceeding one year,  or
     4  both  and thereafter shall be punishable by a fine of no less than fifty
     5  dollars and not more than one thousand dollars per day of  violation  or
     6  imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     8  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     9  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    10  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    11  completed on or before such effective date.