L.L. 2007/046

Enactment date: 9/10/2007

Int. No. 351-A

By Council Members Fidler, Jackson, Weprin, Katz, Recchia Jr., Stewart, Yassky, Felder, Gentile, James, Gonzalez, Nelson, Vann, Dilan, Comrie, Dickens, Rivera, Addabbo Jr., Arroyo, Avella, Brewer, Foster, Gallagher, Garodnick, Gerson, Gennaro, Gioia, Lappin, Liu, Martinez, McMahon, Mendez, Sears, Vallone Jr., White Jr., Barron, Palma, de Blasio, Eugene and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing schoolchildren to carry cellular phones to and from school.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative intent. Cellular phones have proven to be invaluable tools in facilitating communication between schoolchildren and their parents or guardians as such children travel to and from school. The use of such phones allows parents or guardians to ensure their children's safe arrival at school in the morning and back at home at the end of the school day, and enables any children traveling to or from school who become injured or lost, or who find themselves in a remote location or in other dangerous circumstances, to contact their parents or guardians or the police. In addition, such use provides parents and their children with significant peace of mind. It is therefore the Council's intent to allow schoolchildren to carry cellular phones with them to and from school for the purpose of being used outside of school to promote safety and the general welfare.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.

L.L. 2007/050

Enactment date: 10/9/2007

Int. No. 582-A

By Council Member McMahon, Fidler, Gennaro, Gentile, Liu, Mealy, Recchia Jr., Weprin, Nelson, Jackson, Lappin, and Felder

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to interfering with employees of the department of sanitation and the unauthorized collection or removal of solid waste and recyclable materials.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the notarized written agreement required by subparagraph one of paragraph b of subdivision 7 of section 16-118 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section one of this local law, need not be filed with the commissioner of sanitation until thirty days after such effective date.

L.L. 2007/059

Enactment date: 12/5/2007

Int. No. 597-A

By Council Members Weprin Gentile, Nelson, Seabrook, Stewart and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum) (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the charter of the city of New York, in relation to tax appeals and the creation of an office of administrative tax appeals composed of the tax commission and the tax appeals tribunal; and to repeal a provision of the charter of the city of New York relating to the tax appeals tribunal.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 7. Whenever pursuant to any provision of this local law functions, powers or duties are transferred from the tax commission or tax appeals tribunal to the office of administrative tax appeals, such functions, powers or duties shall be continued by the office of administrative tax appeals and such office shall have power to continue any business, proceeding or other matter involving such transferred functions, powers or duties.

§ 8. The records, property and equipment of the tax commission and tax appeals tribunal shall be transferred and delivered to the office of administrative tax appeals consistent with the transfer of any functions, powers and duties from the tax commission and tax appeals tribunal to the office of administrative tax appeals.

§ 9. No existing right or remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of the adoption of this local law.

§ 10. No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time when this local law shall take effect, brought by or against the city or any agency or officer, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this local law or by anything herein contained.

§ 11. Whenever pursuant to any provision of this local law functions, powers or duties are assigned to the office of administrative tax appeals that were exercised by any employee of the tax commission or tax appeals tribunal or any officer thereof, all such employees in the classified city civil service who were engaged in the performance of such function, powers or duties shall be transferred to the office of administrative tax appeals, without examination and without affecting existing compensation or pension or retirement rights, privileges or obligations of such officers and employees.

§ 12. This local law shall take effect January 20, 2008, or as soon as practicable thereafter as a transfer of functions may be effectuated pursuant to this local law and subdivision 2 of section 70 of the civil service law; provided, however, that any or all actions necessary to effectuate such transfer may be taken prior to such effective date.

L.L. 2007/060

Enactment date: 12/5/2007

Int. No. 626

By Council Members Comrie, Gioia, Gonzalez, James, Nelson, Reyna, Weprin, White Jr. and Gennaro

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to regionally significant projects and empire zones.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Statement of legislative findings and intent. Under Section 957(d)(i) of the General Municipal Law, certain business enterprises located outside the boundaries of an Empire Zone may still be eligible for Empire Zone benefits as a "regionally significant project" because the economic activity of such enterprise is of a nature that is encouraged by the State, and the Administrative Board of such Empire Zone authorizes the designation of such business as a regionally significant project. The New York State Department of Economic Development and the South Jamaica Zone Administrative Board have determined that the proposed expansion of the Bimmy LLC's manufacturing facility in Long Island City is projected to create 100 new jobs and is eligible for Empire Zones benefits as a regionally significant project under Section 957(d)(i) of the General Municipal Law.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately except that the commissioner of small business services shall take such actions as are necessary for the administration and implementation of this local law including, but not limited to, the promulgation of rules prior to such effective date.

L.L. 2007/067

Enactment date: 12/19/2007

Int. No. 651-A

By Council Members Felder and Sears (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to campaign finance.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 25. Section 38 of local law 34 for the year 2007 is REPEALED, section 39 of local law 34 for the year 2007 is renumbered section 38, and sections 36, 37, and 38 of local law 34 for the year 2007 are amended to read as follows:

§ 36. Each city agency with which any person who has business dealings with the city conducts such business shall[,] provide appropriate assistance in developing the doing business data base and shall take such steps as necessary to collect such information as required pursuant to this local law. Each city agency with which any person who has business dealings with the city conducts such business shall, at the board's request, provide appropriate assistance to the board in publicizing this local law and the rules of the board in connection with contributions of persons who have business dealings with the city; provided, however, that the rules shall not be [provided] applied to persons in categories of doing business activities before such categories are certified by the campaign finance board in accordance with section [twenty-six] thirty-seven of this local law.

§ 37. Sections one, two, eight, eleven, twelve and forty of this local law shall take effect immediately provided that the implementation of such sections shall take effect as follows: (i) [all of] the provisions of such sections concerning the holding of contracts for the procurement of goods, services or construction shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity[,] and persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity [regarding] of an entity with a city contract pursuant to clause (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (ii) [all of] the provisions of this local law concerning any bid or proposal for a contract for the procurement of goods, services or construction, and the provisions regarding persons employed in a senior managerial capacity with respect to any entity with a city contract pursuant to clause (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, and persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity that has submitted a bid or proposal seeking such a contract, and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity of [entities that have submitted bids] any entity holding such a contract or that has submitted a bid or proposal seeking such a contract; (iii) the provisions of this local law concerning acquisition or disposition of real property, [applications for approvals] any application for approval sought pursuant to the provisions of section 195 [or] of the charter, any application for approval sought from the city of New York that has been certified pursuant to section 197-c of the [New York city] charter and any application for a zoning text amendment that has been certified pursuant to section 201 of the charter shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity of an entity with [a real property transaction or land use approval] an acquisition or disposition of real property or an application for approval sought pursuant to the provisions of section 195 of the charter, any application for approval sought from the city of New York that has been certified pursuant to section 197-c of the charter and any application for a zoning text amendment that has been certified pursuant to section 201 of the charter pursuant to [clause] clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (iv) the provisions of this local law concerning franchises and concessions shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity[,] and persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity [and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity regarding an entity] with a city franchise or concession pursuant to clause (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (v) [all of] the provisions of this local law concerning any bid or proposal for a franchise or concession, and the provisions regarding persons employed in a senior managerial capacity with respect to any entity with a city franchise or concession pursuant to clause (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law, shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that such database [includes,] identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, and persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity that has submitted a bid or proposal seeking such a franchise or concession, and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity [of entities with] with respect to any entity holding such a franchise or concession or that has submitted a bid or a proposal for such a franchise or concession; (vi) [all of] the provisions of this local law concerning a recipient of a grant shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity [regarding an] with respect to any entity that is a recipient of a grant pursuant to clause (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (vii) [all of] the provisions of this local law concerning a party to an economic development agreement shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity [regarding an] with respect to any entity that is an applicant for or a party to an economic development agreement pursuant to clause (vi) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (viii) [all of] the provisions of this local law concerning a contract for the investment of pension funds, including investments in a private equity firm and contracts with investment related consultants shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity [regarding an] with respect to any entity that is an applicant for or a party to a contract for the investment of pension funds, including investments in a private equity firm and contracts with investment related consultants pursuant to clause (vii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; and (ix) [all of] the provisions of this local law concerning lobbyists shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies lobbyists; and shall be applicable to all receipts, expenditures, and public funds claims after such effective dates for elections held after such effective dates; provided that, upon enactment of this local law, the campaign finance board shall take all necessary steps, including but not limited to the promulgation of forms and rules, to ensure the prompt implementation of this local law upon its effective date. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunication may certify any component of the doing business database enumerated in clauses (i) through [(viii)] (ix) of this section as complete when it has determined that each component identifies such persons with reasonable completeness and accuracy. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, immediately upon certification of each component of the doing business database pursuant to this section, the department of information technology and telecommunications shall provide to the [Mayor] mayor and the [Council] council an analysis of the steps taken to compile the component of the database certified and the campaign finance board shall provide to the [Mayor] mayor and the [Council] council an analysis of the steps taken to ensure and test for reasonable completeness and accuracy. Such report shall also demonstrate the process by which the department of information technology and telecommunications and the campaign finance board shall update the doing business database and ensure that names of persons no longer doing business with the city are removed. The deadline for certification of this section in relation to clauses (i), [and] (iv), and (ix) shall be six months from the effective date of this local law; the deadline for certification of this section in relation to clauses (ii), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) shall be one year from the effective date of this local law; and the deadline for certification of this section in relation to clause (iii) shall be sixteen months from the effective date of this local law; provided, however, that any component of the doing business database that has not been certified on or before December 1, 2008 may not be certified until on or after November 30, 2009.

§ [39] 38. With its 2009 post-election report, the campaign finance board shall submit a report to the council on the status of the doing business database. Such report shall contain the status of each of the components enumerated in clauses (i) through [(viii)] (ix) of section [thirty-three] thirty-seven of this local law and whether each such component has been certified, for those components that have not been certified, if any, what the status is of the development of such component of the database and the expected timeline for such component's certification. The campaign finance board shall provide the council and the mayor with recommendations, if any, for exempting certain types of transactions, applications or agreements from the definition of business dealings with the city as defined in section one of this local law. If such proposals are submitted by the board, and such proposals are accepted by the council, or if the council fails to take action on such proposals within sixty days, such proposals shall take effect. Rejection of such proposals by resolution, or action by the council on amendments to the definition of business dealings with the city different from those contained in such proposals shall constitute action on such proposals.

§ 26. Section forty of local law 34 for the year 2007 is renumbered section 39 and section forty-one of local law 34 for the year 2007 is renumbered and amended to read as follows:

[§ 41] § 40. Sections three through seven, nine, ten, thirteen through [twenty, and twenty-two through thirty-three] thirty-six and thirty-nine of this local law shall take effect on January 1, 2008; provided, however that such sections shall apply only to elections held on or after such effective date and shall be applicable to all public funds claims for elections held on or after such effective date, regardless of whether the claim for public funds was submitted prior to the effective date.

§ 27. This local law shall take effect immediately.