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Assembly Bill A6160

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the establishment of an annual employment statistics index for unemployment rate of hamlets and villages of the state

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2019-A6160 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4189
2011-2012: A3711
2013-2014: A6131
2015-2016: A4471
2017-2018: A5298
2021-2022: A5792
2023-2024: A4854
2025-2026: A6122

2019-A6160 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of labor to adopt regulations prescribing the methodology for establishing an annual employment statistics index which shows unemployment rates of hamlets and unincorporated villages of the state; and directs such commissioner shall prepare and submit an annual report on such index.

2019-A6160 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6160
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring  the  establish-
   ment  of  an annual employment statistics index for unemployment rates
   of hamlets and villages of the state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  21  of  the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 13-a to read as follows:
   13-A. SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS PRESCRIBING THE METHODOLOGY  FOR  ESTAB-
 LISHING  AN  ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS INDEX WHICH SHOWS THE RATES OF
 UNEMPLOYMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HAMLETS AND UNINCORPORATED VILLAGES OF
 THE STATE.
   A. SUCH AN INDEX SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO  ANY  STATISTICS  OR  INDEXES
 ALREADY COMPILED, RECORDED OR PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   B.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PREPARE  AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON  OR
 BEFORE  THE  THIRTIETH  DAY  OF  SEPTEMBER AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE INDEX
 REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH REPORT SHALL DESCRIBE IN  DETAIL  THE
 UNEMPLOYMENT  RATES  OF  THE  HAMLETS AND UNINCORPORATED VILLAGES OF THE
 STATE. THE REPORT SHALL CONSIDER THE COMPARISON OF  SUCH  RATES  TO  THE
 LARGER  MUNICIPALITIES  WHICH  CONTAIN SUCH HAMLETS OR VILLAGES, AND THE
 NEED FOR IMPROVED USE BY UNEMPLOYED  WORKERS  WITHIN  SUCH  HAMLETS  AND
 VILLAGES OF PUBLICLY FUNDED PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND EMPLOY-
 MENT-RELATED SERVICES.
   C. THE ANNUAL REPORT AND STATISTICS INDEX REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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