senate Bill S2975A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to hours, wages and supplements in contracts for public work

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 22, 2018 reported and committed to finance
Jan 03, 2018 referred to labor
Jun 16, 2017 print number 2975a
Jun 16, 2017 amend (t) and recommit to finance
May 01, 2017 reported and committed to finance
Jan 18, 2017 referred to labor

Votes

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Jan 22, 2018 - Labor committee Vote

S2975A
11
0
committee
11
Aye
0
Nay
4
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Labor Committee Vote: Jan 22, 2018

aye wr (4)

May 1, 2017 - Labor committee Vote

S2975
10
0
committee
10
Aye
0
Nay
4
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Committee Vote: May 1, 2017

aye wr (4)
excused (1)

Co-Sponsors

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S2975 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5498
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220, add §224-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7861, A10141
2019-2020: S1947, A1261

S2975 - Summary

Relates to hours, wages and supplements in contracts for public work.

S2975 - Sponsor Memo

S2975 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  2975

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MURPHY, BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor  law  and  the criminal procedure law, in
  relation to hours, wages and supplements in contracts for public work

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 220 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 678 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  2. [Each] EVERY contract [to which  the  state  or  a  public  benefit
corporation  or a municipal corporation or a commission appointed pursu-
ant to law is a party, and any contract for public work entered into  by
a  third  party  acting in place of, on behalf of and for the benefit of
such public entity pursuant to any  lease,  permit  or  other  agreement
between  such  third  party and the public entity, and which may involve
the employment of laborers, workers or mechanics] FOR PUBLIC WORK  shall
contain  a stipulation that no laborer, worker or mechanic in the employ
of the contractor, subcontractor or other person doing or contracting to
do the whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be
permitted or required to work more than eight hours in any one  calendar
day  or  more than five days in any one week except in cases of extraor-
dinary emergency including fire, flood or danger to life or property. No
such person shall be so employed more than eight hours  in  any  day  or
more  than  five days in any one week except in such emergency. Extraor-
dinary emergency within the meaning of this section shall be  deemed  to
include  situations  in which sufficient laborers, workers and mechanics
cannot be employed to carry on public work expeditiously as a result  of
such  restrictions  upon  the  number of hours and days of labor and the
immediate commencement or prosecution or completion without undue  delay
of  the public work is necessary in the judgment of the commissioner for
the preservation of the contract site and for the protection of the life
and limb of the persons using the same.  Upon  the  application  of  any

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

Co-Sponsors

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S2975A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5498
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220, add §224-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7861, A10141
2019-2020: S1947, A1261

S2975A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to hours, wages and supplements in contracts for public work.

S2975A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2975A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 2975--A

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. MURPHY, ADDABBO, ALCANTARA, BOYLE, BRESLIN, CARLUC-
  CI, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY, LANZA, PERALTA, VALESKY  --  read  twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on  Labor  --  reported favorably from said committee and committed to
  the Committee  on  Finance  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to hours, wages and supple-
  ments in contracts for public work

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 220 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 678 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  2. [Each] EVERY contract [to which  the  state  or  a  public  benefit
corporation  or a municipal corporation or a commission appointed pursu-
ant to law is a party, and any contract for public work entered into  by
a  third  party  acting in place of, on behalf of and for the benefit of
such public entity pursuant to any  lease,  permit  or  other  agreement
between  such  third  party and the public entity, and which may involve
the employment of laborers, workers or mechanics] FOR PUBLIC WORK  shall
contain  a stipulation that no laborer, worker or mechanic in the employ
of the contractor, subcontractor or other person doing or contracting to
do the whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be
permitted or required to work more than eight hours in any one  calendar
day  or  more than five days in any one week except in cases of extraor-
dinary emergency including fire, flood or danger to life or property. No
such person shall be so employed more than eight hours  in  any  day  or
more  than  five days in any one week except in such emergency. Extraor-
dinary emergency within the meaning of this section shall be  deemed  to
include  situations  in which sufficient laborers, workers and mechanics
cannot be employed to carry on public work expeditiously as a result  of
such  restrictions  upon  the  number of hours and days of labor and the

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

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