The New York City Council - File #: Int 0991-2018

• File #: Int 0991-2018
• Version: C
• Name: Office of administrative trials and hearings dismissing taxi and limousine commission-related violations pertaining to vehicle lights upon proof of correction.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 6/28/2018
• In control: Committee on Governmental Operations
• On agenda: 6/28/2018
• Final action: 2/23/2020
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the office of administrative trials and hearings dismissing taxi and limousine commission-related violations pertaining to vehicle lights upon proof of correction
• Sponsors: Fernando Cabrera , Kalman Yeger , Robert F. Holden, Farah N. Louis, Inez D. Barron, Diana I. Ayala
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/24/2020	C	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
2/23/2020	C	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
1/23/2020	C	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
1/23/2020	C	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
1/21/2020	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
1/21/2020	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amendment Proposed by Comm
1/21/2020	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amended by Committee
1/21/2020	C	Committee on Governmental Operations	Approved by Committee	Pass
1/31/2019	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
1/31/2019	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Laid Over by Committee
1/3/2019	*	City Council	Re-referred to Committee by Council
6/28/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
6/28/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 991-C

By Council Members Cabrera, Yeger, Holden, Louis, Barron and Ayala

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the office of administrative trials and hearings dismissing taxi and limousine commission-related violations pertaining to vehicle lights upon proof of correction
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-554 to read as follows:
? 19-554 Dismissal of vehicle lights violation upon proof of correction. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Business day. The term "business day" means any calendar day, as such term is defined in section 19 of the general construction law, except Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, as such term is defined in section 24 of the general construction law.
OATH. The term "OATH" means the office of administrative trials and hearings.
State. The term "state" means the state of New York.
Summons. The term "summons" means a document, including a notice of violation, issued by any agency authorized to issue notices of violation returnable to the tribunal that specifies the charges forming the basis of an adjudicatory proceeding before the tribunal.
Tribunal. The term "tribunal" means the OATH hearings division.
b. The tribunal shall dismiss a violation issued to a driver or an owner of a vehicle for failing to personally inspect and reasonably determine the good working order of the lights of such vehicle pursuant to subdivision b of section 80-22 of title 35 of the rules of the city of New York or any successor provision when: (i) such driver or owner corrects such violation not later than one-half hour after sunset on the first full business day after the date of the violation as specified on the summons, (ii) such driver o...