Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to labor |
Jun 12, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6468
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S6468 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §573-a, Lab L
2019-S6468 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to personal liability for certain contributions, penalties and interest regarding corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships; defines terms; provides that if a corporation, limited liability company or partnership fails to make employer contributions or fails to file quarterly combined withholding, wage reporting and unemployment insurance returns, all persons shall be jointly and severally liable for the total amount of such contributions not collected, penalties and any interest accruing thereon owed by their corporation, limited liability company or partnership.
2019-S6468 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6468 SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to personal liability for certain contributions, penalties and interest PURPOSE OF THE BILL: The purpose of this bill is to amend the Labor Law to make corporate officers, members and managers of limited liability companies ("LLCs"), general partners, and limited partners personally liable for unpaid unemployment insurance ("ur") contributions. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of this bill would add a new § 573-a to the Labor Law to impose personal liability for unpaid UI contributions upon: officers of a corporation; managers and members of limited liability companies with an ownership interest in or management authority over the limited liability company; general partners of partnerships; and limited part- ners of partnerships to the extent that such limited partners are liable
2019-S6468 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6468 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- (at request of the Department of Labor) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to personal liability for certain contributions, penalties and interest THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 573-a to read as follows: § 573-A. PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, PENALTIES, AND INTEREST REGARDING CORPORATIONS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PERSON" SHALL MEAN: (A) ANY OFFICER OF A CORPORATION; (B) ANY MANAGER OR MEMBER OF A LIMITED LIABIL- ITY COMPANY FORMED UNDER THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW OR SIMILAR STATUTES IN OTHER STATES OR COUNTRIES, WHO HAS AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN OR MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OVER THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; AND (C) ALL PARTNERS UNDER THE PARTNERSHIP LAW INCLUDING: (I) GENERAL PARTNERS AND (II) ANY LIMITED PARTNERS TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LIMITED PARTNERS ARE LIABLE TO THIRD PARTIES UNDER THE PARTNERSHIP LAW. 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, IF A CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR PARTNERSHIP HAS FAILED TO MAKE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AS REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE, OR HAS FAILED TO FILE QUAR- TERLY COMBINED WITHHOLDING, WAGE REPORTING AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE RETURNS AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE TAX LAW, ALL PERSONS SHALL BE JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS NOT COLLECTED, PENALTIES AND ANY INTEREST ACCRUING THEREON OWED BY THEIR CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR PARTNERSHIP. SUCH PERSONS SHALL BE CONSIDERED EMPLOYERS FOR PURPOSES OF COLLECTING AMOUNTS DUE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW. THE LIABILITY OF ANY PERSON SHALL NOT BE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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