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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A398
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JOHN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
2009-A398 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §220-b, Lab L
2009-A398 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 398 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to moneys withheld for bene- fit of laborers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs b, c, d and f of subdivision 2 of section 220-b of the labor law, paragraphs b, c and f as amended by chapter 304 of the laws of 1989 and paragraph d as amended by chapter 547 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read as follows: b. Moneys withheld pursuant to this section shall be held by the financial officer for the sole and exclusive benefit of the workers employed on said public improvement and for payment of any civil penalty that may be assessed as provided herein and shall not be used for any other purpose except upon court order AND, ABSENT SUCH COURT ORDER, NO PART OF THE MONEYS WITHHELD SHALL BE RELEASED TO THE CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR PRIOR TO FULL RESTITUTION BEING MADE TO SUCH WORKERS. ADDITIONALLY, THE AMOUNT OF WAGES AND SUPPLEMENTS, INCLUDING INTEREST AT THE RATE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE, FOUND TO BE DUE TO THE WORKERS EMPLOYED ON SUCH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT SHALL NOT BE REDUCED PURSUANT TO ANY SETTLEMENT OR OTHER NEGOTIATION OF A WRITTEN COMPLAINT FILED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. Any person, partnership, association, corporation or governmental body who files a lien or commences a judicial proceeding with respect to any monies withheld pursuant to this section shall noti- fy the fiscal officer in writing of the lien or claim on or before the date of filing of the lien or commencement of the judicial proceeding. In any proceeding to obtain moneys withheld pursuant to this section by any person, partnership, association, corporation or governmental body, the fiscal officer shall have the right to appear and be heard. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02541-02-9
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