Assembly Bill A10308

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires labor peace agreements in contracts for certain retail or distribution projects involving public agencies

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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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2021-A10308 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8383
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §222-b, Lab L; add §2879-d, Pub Auth L; add §109-e, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8114, S6894

2021-A10308 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires labor peace agreements as a precondition for contracts for certain retail or distribution projects in which a public agency has a substantial proprietary interest.

2021-A10308 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10308
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Kelles) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, the public authorities law and the gener-
   al municipal law, in relation to requiring labor peace  agreements  in
   contracts for certain retail or distribution projects involving public
   agencies

   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  222-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  222-B.  LABOR  PEACE  AGREEMENTS;  COVERED  RETAIL AND DISTRIBUTION
 PROJECTS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "CONTRACTOR" MEANS ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  CORPORATION,
 ASSOCIATION,  COMPANY,  ORGANIZATION  OR  OTHER  SIMILAR  ENTITY, OR ANY
 COMBINATION THEREOF, INCLUDING ANY SUBCONTRACTOR THEREOF,  THAT  EMPLOYS
 EMPLOYEES  TO PERFORM WORK PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH A PUBLIC AGENCY
 TO UNDERTAKE A COVERED RETAIL OR  DISTRIBUTION  PROJECT  AS  DEFINED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OR TO SERVE AS THE OWNER OR OPERATOR
 OF ANY FACILITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT  OR
 DISTRIBUTION  CENTER  THAT  IS  PART OF A COVERED PROJECT, OR TO PROVIDE
 SERVICES INTEGRAL TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE COVERED PROJECT OR THE FACIL-
 ITIES.
   (B) "COVERED RETAIL OR  DISTRIBUTION  PROJECT"  OR  "COVERED  PROJECT"
 MEANS  ANY PROJECT IN WHICH A PUBLIC AGENCY ENTERS INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR
 DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, WHERE: (I) ONE  OR
 MORE  RETAIL  ESTABLISHMENTS  OR  DISTRIBUTION  CENTERS  ARE PART OF THE
 PROJECT; (II) THE STATE AGENCY HAS A SUBSTANTIAL PROPRIETARY INTEREST IN
 THE PROJECT, OR IN THE RETAIL OR  DISTRIBUTION  CENTER;  AND  (III)  THE
 PROJECT  INCLUDES  AT  LEAST ONE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT WHICH WILL HAVE AT
 LEAST TEN EMPLOYEES, OR AT LEAST ONE DISTRIBUTION CENTER WHICH WILL HAVE
 MORE THAN TWENTY EMPLOYEES.
   (C) "DISTRIBUTION CENTER" MEANS A LARGE-SCALE FACILITY INVOLVING PROC-
 ESSING, REPACKAGING AND/OR MOVEMENT OF FINISHED OR  SEMI-FINISHED  GOODS
 TO BE REDISTRIBUTED TO RETAILERS, WHOLESALERS, OR DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMERS,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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