Assembly Bill A929

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for penalties for third parties designated by employers who fail to file reports or fail to keep records of accidents

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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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2013-A929 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง110, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4351
2011-2012: A2416

2013-A929 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for penalties for third parties designated by employers who fail to file reports or fail to keep records of accidents.

2013-A929 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   929

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. HEASTIE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation  to  imposing
  penalties  on  third parties designated by employers for their failure
  to file required accident reports or keep required accident records

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 4 of section 110 of the workers' compensation
law, as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  4.  An  employer,  OR  A  THIRD  PARTY DESIGNATED BY THE EMPLOYER, who
[refuses or neglects] FAILS to make a report IN A TIMELY  MANNER  or  to
keep  records as required by this section shall be guilty of a misdemea-
nor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand  dollars.    The
board  or  chair may impose a penalty of not more than two thousand five
hundred dollars upon an employer, OR A THIRD  PARTY  DESIGNATED  BY  THE
EMPLOYER, who [refuses or neglects] FAILS to make such report IN A TIME-
LY MANNER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04940-01-3

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