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Assembly Bill A6972

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts the "school workplace violence prevention act"

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2011-A6972 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-b, Lab L

2011-A6972 - Summary

Enacts the "school workplace violence prevention act"; relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.

2011-A6972 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6972

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "school work-
  place violence prevention act"

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  the  "school
workplace violence prevention act".
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of the labor law, as
added by chapter 82 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  a. "Employer" means: (1) the state; (2) a political subdivision of the
state[,  provided,  however  that  this  subdivision  shall not mean any
employer as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one-a of the  educa-
tion  law]; and (3) a public authority, a public benefit corporation, or
any other governmental agency or instrumentality thereof.
  S 3. The provisions of this act  shall  not  diminish  the  rights  of
employees pursuant to any law, rule, regulation or collective bargaining
agreement.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment, and/or repeal of any rule, regulation or
guideline necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective
date  is  authorized  and directed to be made and completed on or before
such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01375-02-1

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2011-A6972A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-b, Lab L

2011-A6972A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "school workplace violence prevention act"; relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.

2011-A6972A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6972--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WRIGHT,  P. RIVERA,  GIBSON -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee  on
  Labor  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "school work-
  place violence prevention act"

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

  Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "school
workplace violence prevention act".
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of the labor law, as
amended by chapter 504 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  a. "Employer" means: (1) the state; (2) a political subdivision of the
state[,  provided,  however  that  this  subdivision  shall not mean any
employer as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one-a of the  educa-
tion  law]; (3) a public authority, a public benefit corporation, or any
other governmental agency or instrumentality thereof; and (4) an author-
ized agency as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision  ten  of  section
three  hundred seventy-one of the social services law that accepts chil-
dren adjudicated delinquent under article three of the family court act.
  S 3. The provisions of this act  shall  not  diminish  the  rights  of
employees pursuant to any law, rule, regulation or collective bargaining
agreement.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment, and/or repeal of any rule, regulation or
guideline necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective
date  is  authorized  and directed to be made and completed on or before
such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01375-05-2

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