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Senate Bill S4956

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "natural gas roadway excavation safety act"

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2015-S4956 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7285
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง28, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S4774

2015-S4956 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-S4956 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4956 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4956

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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 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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