Chapter 63 - BUSINESS INTEGRITY COMMISSION

Section 2100.

Section 2100.

  §  2100.  Business integrity commission.  a. There shall be a business
integrity commission, which shall consist  of  a  full-time  chairperson
appointed  by  the  mayor  and of the commissioners of the department of
small  business  services,  the  department  of  consumer  affairs,  the
department of investigation, the police department and the department of
sanitation, or their designees.
  b.  The  chairperson  may appoint a first deputy who shall possess all
the powers and perform all the duties  of  the  chairperson  during  the
absence or disability of the chairperson and in case of the death of the
chairperson  or  of  a  vacancy  in that office shall act as chairperson
until the appointment of a chairperson by the mayor.
  c. The chairperson shall  have  charge  of  the  organization  of  the
commission  and  shall  have authority to employ, assign and superintend
the duties of such officers and employees as may be necessary  to  carry
out the provisions of this chapter. In addition, the commissioner of any
agency  represented  on  the commission or the commissioner of any other
appropriate city agency may,  if  requested,  provide  staff  and  other
assistance  with  respect  to  any matter within the jurisdiction of the
commission.

Section 2101.

Section 2101.

  §  2101.  Jurisdiction;  powers and duties.  a. The business integrity
commission shall be responsible for the regulation of  the  trade  waste
industry,  the  shipboard  gambling  industry,  the  fulton  fish market
distribution area and other seafood distribution areas  and  the  public
wholesale markets. In regulating such industries, areas and markets, the
commission  shall  have  the powers and duties conferred by this chapter
and such other powers and duties as are conferred by law.
  b. The powers and duties of the business integrity commission shall be
exercised in a manner consistent  with  all  local  laws  governing  the
regulation of the trade waste industry, the shipboard gambling industry,
the  fulton fish market distribution area and other seafood distribution
areas and the public wholesale markets and  shall  include  but  not  be
limited to the following:
  1.  to  establish  standards  for the issuance, denial, suspension and
revocation of  licenses  and  other  authorizations  necessary  for  the
operation  of  businesses  in  the  industries,  areas  and  markets  it
regulates; and to issue, deny, suspend  and  revoke  such  licenses  and
other authorizations;
  2.  to investigate any matter within its jurisdiction and to have full
power to compel the attendance, examine and take testimony under oath of
such persons as it may deem necessary in relation to such investigation,
and to require the production  of  books,  accounts,  papers  and  other
evidence relevant to such investigation;
  3. to establish standards for service provided by, and for the conduct
of, regulated businesses;
  4.  to  conduct  studies of, or investigations into, any matter within
its jurisdiction in order to assist the  city  in  formulating  policies
relating to the industries, areas and markets it regulates;
  5.  to  create  and  disseminate  materials  on  any matter within its
jurisdiction in order to advise  or  educate  regulated  businesses  and
members of the public regarding such matters;
  6. to adopt rules necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers and
duties conferred on it by law;
  7.  to  establish fees to enable it to effectuate the purposes of this
chapter, including fees sufficient to  cover  the  costs  of  processing
applications and conducting investigations; and
  8.  to  enforce  compliance with applicable laws and rules through the
imposition of fines and penalties.

Section 2102.

Section 2102.

  §  2102.  Cooperation  with  other  agencies.  The  business integrity
commission shall provide such assistance to the mayor and other agencies
as  requested  and  shall  establish  liaison  and   information-sharing
arrangements  with  other  law enforcement, prosecutorial, investigative
and regulatory agencies as it deems appropriate.