Senate Bill S2413

2017-2018 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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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2413 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Governor
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S8127

2017-S2413 (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.

2017-S2413 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2413
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 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. § 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, 2017 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,
 2018.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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