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Assembly Bill A3578

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires proper occupational safety equipment and a safe working environment for employees, subcontractors and employees of subcontractors

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2011-A3578 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A5327

2011-A3578 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires proper occupational safety equipment and a safe working environment for employees, subcontractors and employees of subcontractors.

2011-A3578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3578

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SPANO, DESTITO, MILLMAN, JAFFEE, MAISEL, LANCMAN,
  STEVENSON  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, GOTTFRIED, McENE-
  NY, PAULIN, PERRY, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the  Committee
  on Labor

AN  ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring proper
  occupational safety equipment  and  a  safe  working  environment  for
  employees, subcontractors and employees of subcontractors

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 5 of the public  service  law,  as
added by chapter 155 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows:
  2. The commission shall encourage all persons and corporations subject
to  its  jurisdiction  to  formulate  and carry out long-range programs,
individually or cooperatively,  for  the  performance  of  their  public
service  responsibilities  with  economy,  efficiency, [and care for the
public safety,] CONCERN FOR the  preservation  of  environmental  values
[and],  the  conservation  of  natural resources AND CARE FOR THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF WORKERS  INCLUDING  EMPLOYEES  OF  CONTRACTORS,
SUBCONTRACTORS,  VENDORS  AND SUPPLIERS THROUGH ACCESS TO PROPER OCCUPA-
TIONAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07821-01-1

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