L.L. 1997/094
Enactment date: 12/30/1997
Int. No. 1074-A
By Council Members Koslowitz and Dear (in conjunction with the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the towing of vehicles and the removal of accident vehicles
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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§ 9. Section 28 of local law number 112 for the year 1993, as amended by section one of local law number 20 for the year 1997, is amended to read as follows:
§ 28. This local law shall take effect one hundred and twenty days after it shall have been enacted into law, provided, however, that sections six, [ten,] thirteen, fifteen, [seventeen,] twenty, twenty-one and twenty-four shall expire and shall be of no further force and effect on December 31, 1997, and, provided further, that the commissioner of consumer affairs may promulgate any necessary rules and take any actions necessary for the timely implementation of this local law prior to such effective date.
§ 10. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of the administrative code of the city of New York added by this local law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly invoked in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
§ 11. Section nine of this local law shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive to and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on December 31, 1997. Sections one, two, five, six and seven of this local law shall take effect immediately. Sections three, four and eight of this local law shall take effect six months after the date of enactment of this local law, provided, however, that persons who have been approved by the commissioner of the department of consumer affairs for participation in the directed accident response program on or before the effective date of this local law shall certify to such commissioner that they meet the requirements imposed by sections three, four and eight of this local law on or before the effective date of such sections, and provided, further, that such commissioner may promulgate any necessary rules and take any other actions necessary for the timely implementation of this local law prior to such effective date. It is further provided that if a person who has been approved by the commissioner of the department of consumer affairs for participation in the directed accident response program on or before the effective date of this local law fails to certify that he or she meets the requirements imposed by sections three, four and eight of this local law on or before the effective date of such sections, such person shall be removed from continued participation in such program unless and until such person reapplies and is determined to meet the requirements in effect at the time of such application for participation in the directed accident response program. Nothing in this local law shall affect the expiration of sections six, thirteen, fifteen, twenty, twenty-one and twenty-four of local law number 112 for the year 1993 as provided for in section nine of this local law.