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Senate Bill S6801

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the minimum wage for employees of certain public authorities

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2013-S6801 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง652, Lab L

2013-S6801 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the minimum wage for employees of certain public authorities.

2013-S6801 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6801 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6801

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- 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 increasing the minimum
  wage for employees of certain public authorities

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

  Section  1.  Section  652  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7. PUBLIC AUTHORITIES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
WAGE  FOR  AN EMPLOYEE OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, THE
THRUWAY AUTHORITY, THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES  CORPORATION,  THE
STATE DORMITORY AUTHORITY, THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHOR-
ITY,  AND  THE  STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SHALL BE
$9.00 FOR EACH HOUR WORKED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14246-01-4

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