Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 30, 2010 |
3rd reading cal.767 substituted for s1858 |
Jun 30, 2010 |
substituted by a10048 |
Jun 10, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 09, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 08, 2010 |
1st report cal.767 |
Feb 01, 2010 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to labor |
Feb 09, 2009 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S1858
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A10048 - On Floor Calendar
- 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S1858 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S1858 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1858 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring certain employers offer a qualified transportation fringe benefit program for employees PURPOSE : Requires certain employers shall establish qualified transportation fringe benefit programs for employees. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends the labor law by adding a new article 32, entitled the Employee Transportation Expenses Act, which requires that employers with 50 or more employees, not including public employers, offer their employees the opportunity to pay qualified commuting costs through their employer out of pre-tax income, in accordance with section 132 of the internal revenue code. JUSTIFICATION : Since 2002, federal tax law has allowed employees to set aside up to
2009-S1858 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1858 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 9, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, DIAZ, DILAN, KRUEGER, ONORATO, SAMPSON, SMITH, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring certain employ- ers offer a qualified transportation fringe benefit program for employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 32 to read as follows: ARTICLE 32 EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES ACT SECTION 930. SHORT TITLE. 931. APPLICABILITY; DEFINITIONS. 932. QUALIFIED TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFIT PROGRAM. S 930. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE "EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES ACT". S 931. APPLICABILITY; DEFINITIONS. 1. THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO ANY EMPLOYEE OF A BUSINESS WITH FIFTY OR MORE EMPLOYEES. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE: A. "EMPLOYER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON, PARTNERSHIP, FIRM, ASSOCIATION, DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN CORPORATION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE PUBLIC EMPLOYERS, INCLUD- ING THE STATE OF NEW YORK. B. "PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR" SHALL MEAN THE AGENT, AS DETERMINED AND DESIGNATED BY THE EMPLOYER, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGE- MENT OF THE QUALIFIED TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFIT PROGRAM AS AUTHOR- IZED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THIS ARTI- CLE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02659-02-9
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