Preconsidered Int. No. 1823
By The Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Kallos, Brannan and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)
Title
A Local Law in relation to establishing a day-fines pilot program in the office of administrative trials and hearings
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this local law, the following terms have the following meanings:
Chief administrative law judge. The term "chief administrative law judge" means the chief administrative law judge of the office of administrative trials and hearings.
Day-fines. The term "day-fines" means a system of assessing and imposing fines that takes into account the daily disposable income of a respondent.
Office. The term "office" means the office of administrative trials and hearings.
Organization. The term "organization" means a not-for-profit corporation, as determined by the chief administrative law judge, capable of efficaciously selecting appropriate statutes for, and conducting research into, the efficacy and final fine-rates of, the use of day-fines.
b. No later than January 1, 2021, the office shall establish a pilot program, in consultation with the organization, in no fewer than two boroughs, for the implementation of day-fines. Such pilot program shall include a total of no fewer than 10 statutes, addressing summonses issued by no fewer than two different agencies, with a sufficient quantity to adequately assess the fiscal and policy implications of permanently imposing day-fines. Such pilot program shall continue through at least January 1, 2022, and may continue further at the discretion of the chief administrative law judge. Pursuant to such pilot program, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 4 of section 1049 of the New York city charter, the office may offer community service pursuant to section 1049 of the New York city charter for up to 10 offenses that are not specifi...
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