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Senate Bill S8127

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Directs a work group to study and make recommendations to the legislature regarding the appropriate payment of supplements to construction workers

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2015-S8127 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Works
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S2413

2015-S8127 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the governor to convene a work group to study and make recommendations to the legislature regarding the appropriate payment of supplements to construction workers; prohibits companies who violate the Davis-Bacon act from contracting with the state.

2015-S8127 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S8127 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8127

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 13, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT relating to a work group to study and make recommendations to the
  legislature  regarding  the  appropriate  payment  of  supplements  to
  construction workers

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

  Section 1. The governor shall convene a work group to study  and  make
recommendations  to the legislature regarding the appropriate payment of
supplements to construction workers; employing the annualization method-
ology utilized by the United States department of labor in  calculations
under  the  Davis-Bacon  Act of 1931, as amended 40 U.S.C. S 276(a); and
the impact of prohibiting any person or entity, or a substantially-owned
affiliate of such person or entity, who has disregarded  obligations  to
employees  under  the Davis-Bacon Act pursuant to 40 U.S.C.  3144 and 29
C.F.R. 5.12 from submitting a bid on or being awarded any  public  works
contract  with  the  state  or any municipal corporation, public benefit
corporation or public body while the name of the  person  or  entity  is
published  in  the  list  of  debarred contractors pursuant to 40 U.S.C.
3144. The work group shall be comprised of nine members:  one  appointed
by the governor, one appointed by the temporary president of the senate,
one  appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the assembly, one appointed by the
commissioner of labor, one appointed by the president  of  empire  state
development  corporation,  two  representatives  of  labor organizations
appointed by the governor, and two representatives of contractor associ-
ations appointed by the governor. All  appointments  shall  be  made  by
August  1, 2016 or the designee forgoes his or her right to appoint. The
work group shall issue recommendations to the  governor,  the  temporary
president  of  the senate and the speaker of the assembly by February 1,
2017.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15882-01-6

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