L.L. 2024/032
Enactment date: 1/20/2024
Int. No. 1131-A
By Council Members Salamanca, Riley, Farías, Sanchez, Yeger, Krishnan, Dinowitz, Velázquez, Abreu, Feliz, Powers, Ayala, Ossé, Louis, Schulman, Hanks, Holden, Ung, Brewer, Gennaro, Rivera and Vernikov
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to outreach to unlicensed mobile car wash operators and authorizing seizure for certain mobile car washes, and to repeal certain educational outreach requirements upon expiration thereof
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
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§ 3. a. Definitions. As used in this section of this local law, the following terms have the following meanings:
Commissioner. The term “commissioner” means the commissioner of the department of consumer and worker protection.
Mobile car wash. The term “mobile car wash” has the same meaning as set forth in section 20-540 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
b. Mobile car wash outreach program. The commissioner shall design and implement a program to inform operators of any mobile car wash of the licensing requirements set forth in subchapter 33 of chapter 2 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Pursuant to such program, the commissioner shall produce educational materials related to the requirements for a license, the application process for such license, and the penalties for operating a mobile car wash without such license. Such educational materials shall be available in the designated citywide languages as defined in section 23-1101 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Such program shall involve direct and in person outreach to operators of mobile car washes. The commissioner shall implement such program no later than 120 days after the effective date of this local law, and shall conduct such program for 6 months.
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§ 6. This local law takes effect immediately, except that section three of this local law expires and is deemed repealed 6 months after the first day of implementation of the program established by such section, and sections four and five of this local law take effect on the same day as such expiration and repeal, provided that the commissioner of consumer and worker protection shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission of such first day of implementation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective database of the official text of the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 70-b of the public officers law and notify relevant publishers of such first day of implementation in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 7-111 of the administrative code, provided that failure to provide the notifications described in this section shall not affect the effective date of any section of this local law.