Senate Bill S5338

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to prevailing wage for service workers

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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-S5338 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7482
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§230, 235, 237 & 238, Lab L

2013-S5338 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prevailing wage for service workers; includes public authorities providing public utility services.

2013-S5338 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5338 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5338

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor  law,  in  relation  to  prevailing  wage  for
  service workers

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1, and subdivisions 2,
3, 8, 9 and 10 of section 230 of the labor law, the opening paragraph of
subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 9 as added by  chapter  542  of
the laws of 1984, subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 as added by chapter 777 of the
laws  of  1971 and subdivision 10 as added by chapter 547 of the laws of
1998, are amended and a new subdivision 15 is added to read as follows:
  "Building service employee" or "employee" means any person  performing
work in connection with the care or maintenance of an existing building,
or  in  connection with the transportation of office furniture or equip-
ment to or from such building, or in connection with the  transportation
and  delivery  of fossil fuel to such building, OR ANY PERSON PERFORMING
JANITORIAL OR SECURITY WORK ON OR ABOUT A FACILITY OF  A  PUBLIC  AGENCY
PROVIDING  PUBLIC  UTILITY  SERVICES,  for a contractor under a contract
with a public agency which is in excess  of  [one]  TWO  thousand  [five
hundred]  dollars  and  the  principal  purpose  of  which is to furnish
services through the use of building service employees.  THE  PROVISIONS
OF  THIS  ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY EMPLOYEE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
PERFORMING WORK FOR OR ON BEHALF  OF  A  BUSINESS  IMPROVEMENT  DISTRICT
UNLESS  SUCH  WORK  WOULD  HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
ARTICLE AS IN EFFECT ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN.
  2. "Building service work" or "service work" means work performed by a
building service employee, but does not include  work  performed  for  a
contractor  under  a  contract  for the furnishing of services by radio,
telephone, telegraph or cable companies[; and any  contract  for  public

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10972-01-3

              

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