senate Bill S632A

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that utility companies shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a street is issued

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 05, 2010 print number 632a
Feb 05, 2010 amend and recommit to labor
Jan 06, 2010 referred to labor
Jan 09, 2009 referred to labor

Bill Amendments

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S632 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §28, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3827
2013-2014: S1075

S632 - Summary

Relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a street is required to be issued.

S632 - Sponsor Memo

S632 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   632

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to workers on excavations

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

  Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 28 to read
as follows:
  S 28. WORKERS ON EXCAVATIONS. UTILITY COMPANIES OR THEIR  CONTRACTORS,
TO  WHOM A PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED BY THE STATE, A COUNTY OR A MUNICIPALITY
TO USE OR OPEN A STREET, SHALL BE REQUIRED, BEFORE SUCH PERMIT SHALL  BE
ISSUED,  TO  ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT ONLY COMPETENT WORKERS SKILLED
IN THE WORK REQUIRED OF THEM, SHALL BE EMPLOYED ON THE PROJECT FOR WHICH
SUCH PERMIT TO USE OR OPEN A STREET WAS ISSUED, AND THAT THE  PREVAILING
WAGE FOR SIMILAR TITLES AS ESTABLISHED BY THE FISCAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  TWENTY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  BE  PAID  TO THOSE SO
EMPLOYED. NO PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED UNTIL SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL HAVE BEEN
ENTERED INTO WITH THE APPROPRIATE STATE, COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL AGENCY, AND
ALL PERMITS ISSUED AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
INCLUDE THEREIN A COPY OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00911-01-9

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S632A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §28, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3827
2013-2014: S1075

S632A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a street is required to be issued.

S632A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S632A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 632--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. FUSCHILLO, ONORATO, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor --
  recommitted  to  the Committee on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule
  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to workers on excavations

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

  Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 28 to read
as follows:
  S 28. WORKERS ON EXCAVATIONS. UTILITY COMPANIES OR THEIR  CONTRACTORS,
TO  WHOM A PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED BY THE STATE, A COUNTY OR A MUNICIPALITY
TO USE OR OPEN A STREET, SHALL BE REQUIRED, BEFORE SUCH PERMIT SHALL  BE
ISSUED,  TO  ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT ONLY COMPETENT WORKERS SKILLED
IN THE WORK REQUIRED OF THEM, SHALL BE EMPLOYED ON THE PROJECT FOR WHICH
SUCH PERMIT TO USE OR OPEN A STREET WAS ISSUED, AND THAT THE  PREVAILING
WAGE FOR SIMILAR TITLES AS ESTABLISHED BY THE FISCAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  TWENTY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  BE  PAID  TO THOSE SO
EMPLOYED. NO PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED UNTIL SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL HAVE BEEN
ENTERED INTO WITH THE APPROPRIATE STATE, COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL AGENCY, AND
ALL PERMITS ISSUED AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
INCLUDE THEREIN A COPY OF THIS SECTION. WHEN PERMITS ARE ISSUED TO UTIL-
ITY  COMPANIES  OR  THEIR CONTRACTORS, THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE TERMS OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE VESTED WITH THE  DEPARTMENT  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00911-03-0

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