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Assembly Bill A7285

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "natural gas roadway excavation safety act"

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2015-A7285 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4956
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง28, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S4774

2015-A7285 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "natural gas roadway excavation safety act" relating to workers on excavations.

2015-A7285 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7285

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 1, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN  ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "natural gas
  roadway excavation safety act"

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "natural gas roadway excavation safety act".
  S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 28  to  read  as
follows:
  S  28.  WORKERS ON EXCAVATIONS. UTILITY COMPANIES OR THEIR CONTRACTORS
TO WHOM A PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED BY THE STATE, A COUNTY OR A  MUNICIPALITY
TO  USE TO OPEN A STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF MOVING, RECONFIGURING, MODI-
FYING, RESTORING, REPAIRING, INSTALLING OR REPLACING  BARE  STEEL,  CAST
IRON, HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE OR OTHER TYPES OF POLYETHYLENE PIPE USED
FOR NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, SHALL BE REQUIRED
BEFORE SUCH PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT ONLY
COMPETENT WORKERS SKILLED IN THE WORK REQUIRED OF THEM AND WHO, PRIOR TO
PERFORMING  SUCH  WORK, HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING A
COURSE IN CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH APPROVED BY THE  UNITED  STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION THAT
IS  AT  LEAST THIRTY HOURS IN DURATION, SHALL BE EMPLOYED ON THE PROJECT
FOR WHICH SUCH PERMIT TO USE OR OPEN A STREET WAS ISSUED, AND  THAT  THE
PREVAILING  WAGE FOR SIMILAR TITLES AS ESTABLISHED BY THE FISCAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER, BE PAID TO THOSE
SO EMPLOYED. NO PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED UNTIL SUCH AGREEMENT  SHALL  HAVE
BEEN  ENTERED INTO WITH THE APPROPRIATE STATE, COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL AGEN-
CY, AND ALL PERMITS ISSUED AFTER THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION
SHALL INCLUDE THEREIN A COPY OF THIS SECTION. WHEN PERMITS ARE ISSUED TO
UTILITY  COMPANIES  OR THEIR CONTRACTORS, THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE TERMS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10654-01-5

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