S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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929
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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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.
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