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2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Labor
AN ACT to amend chapter 511 of the laws of 1995, relating to establish-
ing a public work enforcement fund and making an appropriation there-
for, in relation to moneys accumulated in the public work enforcement
fund
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Sections 1 and 2 of chapter 511 of the laws of 1995, relat-
ing to establishing a public work enforcement fund and making an appro-
priation therefor, as amended by chapter 407 of the laws of 2005, are
amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The state comptroller shall establish a public work
enforcement fund. Each state agency or public benefit corporation enter-
ing into a contract for any construction, reconstruction, renovation,
repair, maintenance or other improvement, as defined in subdivision 2 of
section 220 of the labor law, shall make a transfer of [0.10] 0.12 of
one percent of the total cost of the contract to such fund. All trans-
fers shall be made available to the labor department for labor law
enforcement. All moneys transferred to and accumulated in the public
work enforcement fund shall be dedicated to enforcement of labor law
articles 8 and 9 and all moneys appropriated from such fund shall be
used for such purpose. Provided further that such dedicated funds shall
be used for training, labor and related costs for investigators, hearing
officers and administrative staff to ensure that staffing levels for
such personnel are maintained at an appropriate level.
S 2. The sum of two million [four] SIX hundred thousand dollars
[($2,400,000)] ($2,600,000), or so much thereof as may be accumulated,
is hereby appropriated to the department of labor from any moneys cred-
ited to the public work enforcement fund created pursuant to section one
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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of this act for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act.
Such sum shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state comp-
troller on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of labor,
or his duly designated representative in the manner provided by law. No
expenditure shall be made from this appropriation until a certificate of
approval of availability shall have been issued by the director of the
budget and filed with the state comptroller and a copy filed with the
chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways
and means committee. Such certificate may be amended from time to time
by the director of the budget and a copy of each such amendment shall be
filed with the state comptroller, the chair of the senate finance
committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.