File #: Int 0980-2024    Version: * Name: Increasing penalties for violations of requirements that apply to immigration assistance services.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Immigration
On agenda: 6/20/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing penalties for violations of requirements that apply to immigration assistance services
Sponsors: Julie Won, Julie Menin, Shekar Krishnan, Shahana K. Hanif, Amanda Farías, Alexa Avilés, Kalman Yeger , Diana I. Ayala, Crystal Hudson, Chris Banks
Council Member Sponsors: 10
Summary: This bill would increase civil penalties for immigration assistance service providers that do not comply with applicable requirements, such as the requirement to execute a written contract with customers, the requirement to include specific language in signage and advertisements, the requirement to retain documents, and the requirement to maintain a surety.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 980, 2. Int. No. 980, 3. June 20, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-20-24

Int. No. 980

 

By Council Members Won, Menin, Krishnan, Hanif, Farías, Avilés, Yeger, Ayala, Hudson and Banks

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing penalties for violations of requirements that apply to immigration assistance services

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 20-779.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 80 for the year 2020, is amended to read as follows:

 (2)   Civil Penalties. Any provider of immigration assistance services who violates any provision of this subchapter or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than [five hundred dollars] $7,500 nor more than [five thousand dollars] $10,000 for the first violation and for each succeeding violation a civil penalty of not less than [one thousand dollars] $18,000 nor more than [ten thousand dollars] $20,000.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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