Assembly Bill A103

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Fines municipalities which fail to enforce prevailing wage paid by contractors on public works projects 10% of the project costs

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A103 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§220 & 220-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A10655, A3944

2011-A103 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Fines municipalities which fail to enforce prevailing wage paid by contractors on public works projects 10% of the project costs to be paid to the department of labor for apprenticeship training programs.

2011-A103 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   103

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MONTESANO,  SALADINO, FINCH -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to municipalities which  fail
  to enforce prevailing wage requirements of contractors on public works
  projects

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 220 of the labor law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
  (F) ANY MUNICIPAL ENTITY THAT HAS ENTERED  INTO  SUCH  CONTRACT  OR  A
SUBCONTRACT  WITH  A  CONTRACTOR  TO  PERFORM  ON  ANY  PORTION  OF SUCH
CONTRACT, AND WHERE SUCH CONTRACTOR WILLFULLY PAYS AFTER  ENTERING  INTO
SUCH  CONTRACT,  LESS  THAN SUCH STIPULATED WAGE SCALE OR SUPPLEMENTS AS
ESTABLISHED BY THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL, UPON  THE  CONVICTION  OF  SUCH
CONTRACTOR,  BE SUBJECT TO FINES OF TEN PERCENT OF THE CONTRACT VALUE TO
BE PAID TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS  PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
"MUNICIPAL  ENTITY"  SHALL  MEAN ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, PUBLIC
BENEFIT CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, OR
ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF.
  S 2. Section 220-d of the labor law is amended by adding a  new  third
undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
  ANY  MUNICIPAL  ENTITY  THAT  HAS  ENTERED  INTO  SUCH CONTRACT WITH A
CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM ON ANY PORTION OF SUCH CONTRACT,  AND  WHERE  SUCH
CONTRACTOR  WILLFULLY  PAYS AFTER ENTERING INTO SUCH CONTRACT, LESS THAN
SUCH STIPULATED MINIMUMS REGARDING WAGES AND SUPPLEMENTS SHALL, UPON THE
CONVICTION OF SUCH CONTRACTOR, BE SUBJECT TO FINES OF TEN PERCENT OF THE
CONTRACT VALUE TO BE PAID TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR APPRENTICESHIP  TRAINING
PROGRAMS  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR PURPOSES
OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "MUNICIPAL ENTITY" SHALL MEAN ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN,
VILLAGE, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, INDUSTRIAL DEVEL-
OPMENT AGENCY, OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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