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Senate Bill S8445

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to prevailing wages for service workers; repealer

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2009-S8445 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230, rpld §231 sub 8, Lab L (as proposed in S.8379A and A.10257D); amd §10, Chap of 2010 (as proposed in S.8379A and A.10257D)

2009-S8445 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends a chapter of the laws of 2010, relating to prevailing wages for service workers.

2009-S8445 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S8445 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8445

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              July 15, 2010
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the labor law and a chapter of the laws of 2010,  amend-
  ing the labor law relating to prevailing wages for service workers, as
  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.8379-A  and A.10257-D, in
  relation to applicability of certain provisions in  relation  to  such
  wages  and  the  effective  date  of  such  chapter,  and  to repeal a
  provision of the labor law relating thereto

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 230 of the labor law, as amended
by a chapter of the laws of 2010 amending  the  labor  law  relating  to
prevailing  wages  for service workers, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S.8379-A and A.10257-D, is amended to read as follows:
  2. "Service work" means work performed by a service employee, but does
not include work performed for a contractor under  a  contract  for  the
furnishing of services by radio, telephone, telegraph or cable companies
OR  JANITORIAL OR SECURITY WORK PERFORMED ON THE PREMISES OWNED OR OPER-
ATED BY THE POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK UNLESS  SUCH  PREM-
ISES  ARE  JOINTLY  OWNED  OR  OPERATED WITH ANY NON-GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC
UTILITY OR SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED AFFILIATED ENTITY OF SUCH PUBLIC  UTILITY
AS  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.  ["Service work" shall
also include work performed under a contract, with the  exception  of  a
contract  or  subcontract  in which a business improvement district is a
party, for the benefit of a public agency with any third party person or
entity acting in place of, on behalf of  or  for  the  benefit  of  such
public  agency  in  the  provision  of  building  or property management
services or similar services pursuant to any lease  or  other  agreement
between  such  third  party  person  or  entity  and  the  public agency
provided, however, that "service work" shall not include work  performed
under  a  lease or similar agreement in a privately owned building where
the space occupied by the public agency represents less than  ten  thou-
sand square feet.]

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16378-27-0

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