| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 24, 2016 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to labor |
| Mar 09, 2015 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Feb 20, 2015 |
print number 2959a |
| Feb 20, 2015 |
amend (t) and recommit to labor |
| Jan 30, 2015 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S2959A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2015-S2959 - Details
2015-S2959 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2959
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to
exempting contractors employed by certain municipalities from payment
of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions
PURPOSE:
To exempt contractors doing construction work under contract by a
municipality from having to pay asbestos notification fees.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Amends Section 904 of the labor law to exempt contractors
employed by a municipality from having to pay asbestos notification
fees. Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The municipality or its asbestos contractors are responsible for
performing and testing all removal work, so it is unclear what costs
are incurred by the State from these projects. Further when
conducting demolitions many of the structures in question are often
large, have been subdivided and/or have garages or related accessory
structures. This may lead to work at one site being deemed to be
multiple asbestos projects rather than one, each of which requires
2015-S2959 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2959
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 30, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 exempting contractors
employed by certain municipalities from payment of asbestos project
notification fees for demolitions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 904 of the labor law, as amended
by section 1 of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:
2. Any contractor engaged in an asbestos project involving more than
two hundred sixty linear feet or more than one hundred sixty square feet
of asbestos or asbestos materials shall notify both the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, Air and Hazardous Material
Division and the commissioner in writing ten days prior to the commence-
ment of work on the project or, if emergency conditions make it impossi-
ble to provide ten days prior notice, as soon as practicable after iden-
tification of the project. The notice to the commissioner shall include
the following information: the name, address and asbestos handling
license number of the contractor working on the project; the address and
description of the building or area, including size, age and prior use
of the building or area; the amount of friable asbestos material present
in square feet and/or linear feet, if applicable; room designation
numbers or other local information where such asbestos material is found
unless such material is found throughout the entire structure; the sche-
duled starting and completion dates for removal; the procedures and
equipment, including ventilating systems that will be employed; any
additional information which the commissioner may require; and, EXCEPT
FOR CONTRACTORS EMPLOYED BY A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE MILLION TO ENGAGE IN SUCH
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02767-01-5
2015-S2959A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2959A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2959A
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to exempting contractors
employed by municipalities from payment of asbestos project
notification fees for demolitions
PURPOSE:
To exempt contractors doing construction work under contract by a
municipality from having to pay asbestos notification fees.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Amends Section 904 of the labor law to exempt contractors
employed by a municipality from having to pay asbestos notification
fees. Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The municipality or its asbestos contractors are responsible for
performing and testing all removal work, so it is unclear what costs
are incurred by the State from these projects. Further when
conducting demolitions many of the structures in question are often
large, have been subdivided and/or have garages or related accessory
2015-S2959A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2959--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 30, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to exempting contractors
employed by municipalities from payment of asbestos project notifica-
tion fees for demolitions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 904 of the labor law, as amended
by section 1 of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:
2. Any contractor engaged in an asbestos project involving more than
two hundred sixty linear feet or more than one hundred sixty square feet
of asbestos or asbestos materials shall notify both the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, Air and Hazardous Material
Division and the commissioner in writing ten days prior to the commence-
ment of work on the project or, if emergency conditions make it impossi-
ble to provide ten days prior notice, as soon as practicable after iden-
tification of the project. The notice to the commissioner shall include
the following information: the name, address and asbestos handling
license number of the contractor working on the project; the address and
description of the building or area, including size, age and prior use
of the building or area; the amount of friable asbestos material present
in square feet and/or linear feet, if applicable; room designation
numbers or other local information where such asbestos material is found
unless such material is found throughout the entire structure; the sche-
duled starting and completion dates for removal; the procedures and
equipment, including ventilating systems that will be employed; any
additional information which the commissioner may require; and, EXCEPT
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02767-03-5
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