Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 23, 2015 |
signed chap.84 |
Jul 14, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
Mar 23, 2015 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.120 substituted for a1269 |
Jan 27, 2015 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Jan 26, 2015 |
delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 12, 2015 |
ordered to third reading cal.14 |
Jan 09, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S1317
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2015-S1317 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1269
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง185, Gen Bus L
2015-S1317 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1317 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to fees charged by employment agencies PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to make clarifying amendments to Chapter 501 of the Laws of 2014. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill clarifies Chapter 501 of the Laws of 2014 by adding language relating to the time services were rendered for certain fees charged or collected by an employment agency. In addition, it states in an action to collect a fee by an employment agency that did not possess a valid license at the time the contract was entered; the Court will make a determination whether subject contract will be deemed valid. JUSTIFICATION: Chapter 501 of the Laws of 2014 added important consumer protections to those persons who utilize employment agencies. This bill would
2015-S1317 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1317 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to fees charged by employment agencies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 185 of the general business law, as added by chapter 501 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no fee may be charged or collected FOR SERVICES RENDERED by an employment agen- cy not licensed pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two of this article AT THE TIME SUCH SERVICES WERE RENDERED. [Any agreement or contract with an unlicensed employment agency shall render the agreement or contract void in any action to collect a fee, at the option of the defendant to such action.] IN AN ACTION TO COLLECT A FEE, THE COURT SHALL VOID ALL OR ANY PART OF AN AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT WITH AN EMPLOY- MENT AGENCY THAT DID NOT HAVE A VALID LICENSE AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT WAS ENTERED INTO OR SERVICES WERE RENDERED; HOWEVER, SUCH CONTRACT SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED VOID IF A COURT FINDS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT BY AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY TO MAINTAIN ITS LICENSE DESPITE CLERICAL ERROR OR DELAY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on the same date chapter 501 of the laws of 2014 took effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07411-01-5
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