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Assembly Bill A405

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for public access to certain records of public entities regarding certain public work and building service employees classified as apprentices

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2009-A405 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§220 & 233, Lab L; amd §§87 & 89, Pub Off L

2009-A405 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for public access (public inspection and copying) to certain records of public entities regarding certain public work and building service employees (i.e., records or portions thereof pertaining to the employee classifications of, rate of wages and supplements paid to, and number of hours worked by the employees of contractors classified as apprentices); provides for redaction of social security numbers.

2009-A405 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A405 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   405

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. JOHN, NOLAN, DIAZ, MILLMAN, COLTON -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law and the public officers law,  in  relation
  to public access to certain records regarding public work and building
  service employees

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

  Section 1. Section 220 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 10 to read as follows:
  10.  ALL  PUBLIC ENTITIES SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE
FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND COPYING OF THE  RECORDS  OR  PORTIONS  THEREOF
PERTAINING TO THE EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATIONS OF, RATE OF WAGES AND SUPPLE-
MENTS  PAID  TO, AND NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF CONTRAC-
TORS CLASSIFIED AS APPRENTICES PERFORMING WORK PURSUANT TO THIS  ARTICLE
OR  ARTICLE  NINE  OF  THIS CHAPTER. THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF SUCH
EMPLOYEES SHALL BE REDACTED BY  THE  ENTITY.  AN  ENTITY  SHALL  NOT  BE
PERMITTED  TO  DENY  ACCESS TO RECORDS OR PORTIONS THEREOF PERTAINING TO
THE PAYMENT OF WAGES AND SUPPLEMENTS TO, AND NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED  BY,
THE  EMPLOYEES  OF CONTRACTORS CLASSIFIED AS APPRENTICES SUBJECT TO THIS
ARTICLE OR ARTICLE NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. Section 233 of the labor law is amended by adding a new  subdivi-
sion 5 to read as follows:
  5.  ALL  PUBLIC  ENTITIES SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE
FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION  AND  COPYING  THE  RECORDS  OR  PORTIONS  THEREOF
PERTAINING TO THE EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATIONS OF, RATE OF WAGES AND SUPPLE-
MENTS  PAID  TO, AND NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF CONTRAC-
TORS CLASSIFIED AS APPRENTICES PERFORMING WORK PURSUANT TO THIS  ARTICLE
OR  ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF THIS CHAPTER. THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF SUCH
EMPLOYEES SHALL BE REDACTED BY  THE  ENTITY.  AN  ENTITY  SHALL  NOT  BE
PERMITTED  TO  DENY  ACCESS TO RECORDS OR PORTIONS THEREOF PERTAINING TO

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

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