S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2697
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 21, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. CALHOUN, KOLB, ERRIGO, HAWLEY, MOLINARO, THIELE,
DUPREY, SAYWARD, P. LOPEZ, BALL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
BARCLAY, BURLING, CROUCH, OAKS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to contractors building new
one-family residential construction
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 240 of
the labor law, as amended by chapter 241 of the laws of 1981, is amended
to read as follows:
All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and
two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the
work AND CONTRACTORS BUILDING NEW ONE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION,
in the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning or
pointing of a building or structure shall furnish or erect, or cause to
be furnished or erected for the performance of such labor, scaffolding,
hoists, stays, ladders, slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, braces, irons,
ropes, and other devices which shall be so constructed, placed and oper-
ated as to give proper protection to a person so employed.
S 2. The opening paragraph of section 241 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 670 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and
two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the
work AND CONTRACTORS BUILDING NEW ONE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION,
when constructing or demolishing buildings or doing any excavating in
connection therewith, shall comply with the following requirements:
S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets