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Assembly Bill A4527

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Includes certain workers in New York city vehicle repair shops within the definition of participant in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations

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2009-A4527 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5201
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง161, Work Comp L

2009-A4527 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes certain workers in New York city vehicle repair shops within the definition of participant in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations.

2009-A4527 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4527

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. JOHN, LANCMAN, PERRY, BENEDETTO -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  HEVESI -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
  tee on Labor

AN  ACT  to  amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to certain
  workers in New York city vehicle repair shops

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 161 of the workers' compensation
law, as added by chapter 446 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read  as
follows:
  1.  "Participant  in  World  Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup
operations" means any (a) employee who within the course of  employment,
or (b) volunteer upon presentation to the board of evidence satisfactory
to the board that he or she:
  (i) participated in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations at the
World Trade Center site between September eleventh, two thousand one and
September twelfth, two thousand two; or
  (ii)  worked  at  the  Fresh  Kills Land Fill in New York city between
September eleventh, two thousand one and September twelfth, two thousand
two[,]; or
  (iii) worked at the New York city morgue or the  temporary  morgue  on
pier locations on the west side of Manhattan between September eleventh,
two thousand one and September twelfth, two thousand two[,]; or
  (iv)  worked  on the barges between the west side of Manhattan and the
Fresh Kills Land Fill in New York city between September  eleventh,  two
thousand one and September twelfth, two thousand two; OR
  (V)  REPAIRED, CLEANED OR REHABILITATED VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT OWNED BY
THE CITY OF NEW YORK THAT WERE CONTAMINATED BY DEBRIS IN THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER SITE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE WORK ON THE REPAIR,  CLEANING  OR
REHABILITATION  OF  SUCH VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT WAS PERFORMED WITHIN THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE, BETWEEN SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  ONE
AND  SEPTEMBER  TWELFTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWO,  PROVIDED  SUCH  WORK  WAS
PERFORMED PRIOR TO DECONTAMINATION OF SUCH VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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