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                                   10599
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 6, 2022
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Kim) -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring certain entities
   with  sports  facilities  that  receive  money  from the state to only
   contract with companies that pay their employees the minimum wage
 
   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 224-f to
 read as follows:
   § 224-F. WAGE REQUIREMENTS  FOR  CERTAIN  COMPANIES  CONTRACTING  WITH
 SPORTS  FACILITIES.  1.  THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL FACILITIES THAT
 HOST SPORTS TEAMS AND THAT RECEIVE FUNDING  FOR  THE  CREATION,  UPKEEP,
 MAINTENANCE,  OR  UPGRADES  OF SUCH FACILITY FROM: (A) ANY UNIT OF LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; OR (B) THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK,
 INCLUDING FROM ANY AGENCY OR AUTHORITY.
   2. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "FACILITY" SHALL MEAN:
   (I)  STADIUMS,  ARENAS,  OR  OTHER  STRUCTURES  THAT HOST PROFESSIONAL
 SPORTS TEAMS; AND
   (II) OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS AND PRACTICE FIELDS,  OR  OTHER  AREAS  WHERE
 PROFESSIONAL  SPORTS  TEAMS  AND  OTHER  SPORTS  TEAMS  MAY  PRACTICE OR
 PERFORM.
   (III) THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF PROPERTY IF SUCH PROPERTY IS  RELATED  TO
 OR LOCATED NEAR THE FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH:
   (1)  OFFICES,  PARKING  LOTS, GARAGES, MONUMENTS, RESTAURANTS, STORES,
 AND OTHER FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS THAT PROVIDE GOODS  AND  SERVICES  TO
 PERSONS ATTENDING EVENTS OF ANY NATURE AT THE FACILITY;
   (2) PRIVATE ROADWAYS USED TO ACCESS ANY PART OF THE FACILITY; AND
   (3)  ALL OTHER PROPERTY OR STRUCTURES INCLUDING FIXTURES, FURNISHINGS,
 AND APPURTENANCES NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH FACILITIES.
   (B) "PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS," SHALL MEAN TEAMS THAT PLAY IN PROFES-
 SIONAL LEAGUES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  TEAMS  THAT  PLAY  IN  THE
 NATIONAL  FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, MAJOR LEAGUE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15804-01-2

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 BASEBALL, AND THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, AS WELL AS  HORSE  RACING  AND
 TENNIS FACILITIES.
   3.  NO  CONTRACT  WITH  A  VENDOR  TO PROVIDE FOOD SERVICE, CONCESSION
 SERVICE, OR DRINK SERVICE AT A FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 THIS SECTION, NOR ANY CONTRACT ENTERED INTO BY A THIRD PARTY  ACTING  IN
 PLACE  OF,  ON  BEHALF OF AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH FACILITY, SHALL BE
 ENTERED INTO UNLESS SUCH VENDOR:
   (A) DEMONSTRATES THAT ALL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THOSE  EMPLOYED  WITHIN
 THE  FACILITY  AND  THOSE  EMPLOYED  IN  POSITIONS OUTSIDE THE FACILITY,
 INCLUDING THOSE OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, ARE PAID  AT  LEAST  THE  STATE
 MINIMUM WAGE, WITH GRATUITIES IN ADDITION; AND
   (B)  STIPULATES  THAT  ALL EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AT THE FACILITY THEY ARE
 CONTRACTING TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT SHALL BE  PAID  AT  LEAST  THE  STATE
 MINIMUM WAGE WITH ANY GRATUITIES IN ADDITION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.