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3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
- Defeated in housing, construction and community development
- Notice of committee consideration - requested
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
Companion bill
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Authorizes administrative enforcement of state and local housing maintenance laws
In Assembly Committee · Housing · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S450
Title of bill
An act to amend the multiple dwelling law and the multiple residence law, in relation to authorizing administrative imposition of civil penalties in the enforcement of state and local housing maintenance laws
Purpose
To authorize administrative proceedings for the enforcement of housing maintenance codes.
Summary of provisions
This bill would authorize localities to establish administrative proceedings, in addition to judicial proceedings, for the enforcement of housing maintenance codes. Administratively imposed penalties would be docketed and enforced in the same manner as a judgement in a civil action without judicial proceedings.
Justification
Presently, localities are required to enforce their housing codes through judicial proceedings. Several localities, however, are slow in their enforcement measures and in some cases actions are not taken because the courts are backlogged with summary eviction proceedings. The most glaring example is New York City which has millions of outstanding code violations. The amount of fines owed the City from unenforced violations from scofflaw landlords is substantial. In NYC and other municipalities, lax code enforcement has been exacerbated by severe state cutbacks in support for local governments' code enforcement activities. This bill would simply authorize localities to adopt administrative proceedings as an alternative to court action for the enforcement of housing code violations. This alternative could generate substantial revenues as well as preserve and improve the quality of the state's housing stock.
Prior legislative history
2002: S.6899 2003-04: S.3096 2005-06: S.1456 2007-08: S.3401 2009-10: S.3857
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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