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Relates to docketing of decisions and orders of the administrative tribunal of the New York City taxi and limousine commission
In Assembly Committee · Cities · Sponsor James F. Brennan
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BILL NUMBER:S958
Title of bill
An act to amend the New York city charter, in relation to docketing of decisions and orders of the administrative tribunal of the New York city taxi and limousine commission
Purpose
Would allow the TLC to docket unpaid fines as money judgments against licensed operators which could become liens against the real property of the respondents.
Summary of provisions
The bill would amend subdivision c of section 2303 of the New York City Charter to allow the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission to docket all decisions and orders of its Administrative Tribunal as if they were money judgments, without court proceedings.
Existing law
Only allows unpaid fines to be docketed as money judgments, without court proceedings, when they relate to unlicensed operators.
Justification
Existing law allows the Taxi and Limousine Commission ("TLC") to docket unpaid fines issued by its Administrative Tribunal as money judgments, without court proceedings, when they relate to unlicensed individuals or entities that are engaged in activities regulated by the TLC. Those fines can become liens against real property of the respondents. However, the great majority of unpaid TLC fines, both in number and in total amount, are issued to licensed individuals or entities that subsequently evade payment by abandoning their licenses. Those fines can be collected only by means of prohibitively costly and time-consuming Civil Court proceedings. As a result, the respondents can ignore their obligation to pay, depriving the City of much-needed revenue and the TLC of an effective enforcement mechanism.
By broadening the docketing authority of the TLC to all files issued by its Administrative Tribunal, the Legislature will enhance the TLC's collection efforts and signal to the for-hire transportation industry in New York City that TLC requirements must be taken seriously.
Legislative history
2011-12: S.3071 - Died in Cities S.8172/A.11467 - Passed Senate in 2010
Fiscal implications
None to New York State.
Local fiscal implications
At least $5.75 Million in fines went undocketed because the law does not allow for collection against licensees who surrender their license.
Effective date
Immediately.
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