Senate Bill S7743A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the Fair Local Wage Act allowing localities to raise minimum wage by thirty percent

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S7743 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8767
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Municipal Home Rule Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Munic Home R L; amd §§654 & 662, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S5214, A5835

2013-S7743 - Summary

Enacts the Fair Local Wage Act allowing localities to raise minimum wage by thirty percent.

2013-S7743 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7743 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7743

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the municipal home  rule  law  and  the  labor  law,  in
  relation  to  enacting  the Fair Local Wage Act allowing localities to
  raise minimum wages by twenty-five percent

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fair Local
Wage Act".
  S  2. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 11 of the municipal home
rule law, as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 1992,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  f. Applies to or affects any provision of paragraph (c) of subdivision
one  of  section  8-100  of  the  election law, the labor law, EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX  HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR  OF  THE
LABOR  LAW,  sections two, three and four of chapter one thousand eleven
of the laws  of  nineteen  hundred  sixty-eight,  entitled  "An  act  in
relation  to  the  maximum  hours of labor of certain municipal and fire
district firemen and the holidays of firemen  and  policemen,  repealing
certain  sections  of  the  labor law relating thereto, and to amend the
municipal home rule law, in relation thereto," as amended, the volunteer
[firemen's] FIREFIGHTERS'  benefit  law,  or  the  [workmen's]  WORKERS'
compensation  law or changes any provision of the multiple residence law
or the multiple dwelling law, except that  in  a  city  of  one  million
persons  or more, the provisions of local law for the enforcement of the
housing code which is not less restrictive than  the  multiple  dwelling
law may be applied in the enforcement of the multiple dwelling law.
  S 3. Section 654 of the labor law, as added by chapter 619 of the laws
of 1960, is amended to read as follows:
  S  654.  Basis of changes in minimum wage. (1) In establishing minimum
wages and regulations for any occupation or occupations pursuant to  the
provisions of the following sections of this article, the wage board and
the  commissioner  shall  consider  the  amount  sufficient  to  provide
adequate maintenance and to protect health and, in  addition,  the  wage

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2013-S7743A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8767
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Municipal Home Rule Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Munic Home R L; amd §§654 & 662, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S5214, A5835

2013-S7743A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the Fair Local Wage Act allowing localities to raise minimum wage by thirty percent.

2013-S7743A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7743A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7743--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the municipal home  rule  law  and  the  labor  law,  in
  relation  to  enacting  the Fair Local Wage Act allowing localities to
  raise minimum wages by thirty percent

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fair Local
Wage Act".
  S  2. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 11 of the municipal home
rule law, as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 1992,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  f. Applies to or affects any provision of paragraph (c) of subdivision
one  of  section  8-100  of  the  election law, the labor law, EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX  HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR  OF  THE
LABOR  LAW,  sections two, three and four of chapter one thousand eleven
of the laws  of  nineteen  hundred  sixty-eight,  entitled  "An  act  in
relation  to  the  maximum  hours of labor of certain municipal and fire
district firemen and the holidays of firemen  and  policemen,  repealing
certain  sections  of  the  labor law relating thereto, and to amend the
municipal home rule law, in relation thereto," as amended, the volunteer
[firemen's] FIREFIGHTERS'  benefit  law,  or  the  [workmen's]  WORKERS'
compensation  law or changes any provision of the multiple residence law
or the multiple dwelling law, except that  in  a  city  of  one  million
persons  or more, the provisions of local law for the enforcement of the
housing code which is not less restrictive than  the  multiple  dwelling
law may be applied in the enforcement of the multiple dwelling law.
  S 3. Section 654 of the labor law, as added by chapter 619 of the laws
of 1960, is amended to read as follows:
  S  654.  Basis of changes in minimum wage. (1) In establishing minimum
wages and regulations for any occupation or occupations pursuant to  the
provisions of the following sections of this article, the wage board and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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