Senate Bill S3470

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Amends the civil penalties authorized to be levied by local boards of health

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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-S3470 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A346
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง309, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S7634, A10059

2011-S3470 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the civil penalties authorized to be levied by local boards of health.

2011-S3470 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S3470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3470

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 23, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to civil penalties

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

  Section  1.    Paragraph  (f)  of  subdivision 1 of section 309 of the
public health law, as amended by chapter 15 of  the  laws  of  1995,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (f)  prescribe and impose penalties for the violation of or failure to
comply with any of its orders or regulations, or any of the  regulations
of the state sanitary code, not exceeding [one] TWO thousand dollars for
a single violation or failure, to be sued for and recovered by it in any
court of competent jurisdiction; and
  S  2.  Nothing  in  this act shall be construed as requiring any local
board of health or city to increase  any  maximum  penalty  provided  in
local law or regulation, or to assess any penalty at a higher level than
is provided in local law or regulation.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law, and shall apply to  all  violations  or  failures  to
comply with any code, rule, regulation, order or special direction which
occur on or after such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02542-01-1


              

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