Assembly Bill A8714

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the hiring of security guards by public sports venues with a capacity of at least sixty thousand people located in the county of Erie

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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-A8714 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7832
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-w, Gen Bus L; amd §2, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.7142-A & A.7960-A)

2021-A8714 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the hiring of security guards by public sports venues with a capacity of at least sixty thousand people located in the county of Erie.

2021-A8714 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8714
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the  hiring  of
   security  guards  by  public sports venues with a capacity of at least
   sixty thousand people located in the county of Erie; and  to  amend  a
   chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the general business law relating
   to  the  applicability  of  the security guard act of nineteen hundred
   ninety-two to facilities owned by a public sports venue,  as  proposed
   in  legislative  bills numbers S. 7142-A and A. 7960-A, in relation to
   the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 89-w of the general business law, as amended by a
 chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the general business  law  relating
 to the applicability of the security guard act of nineteen hundred nine-
 ty-two  to  facilities  owned  by  a public sports venue, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 7142-A and A. 7960-A, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 89-w. Applicability. The provisions of this article shall not  apply
 to  a not-for-profit security guard company, public entity, or tenant OR
 THIRD-PARTY SECURITY PROVIDER OF SUCH TENANT of a publicly owned  sports
 venue  WITH  A CAPACITY OF AT LEAST SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE LOCATED IN THE
 COUNTY OF ERIE, which hires a security guard or guards  for  a  specific
 event  or  events  solely  for its own proprietary use and which employs
 such security guards only on a temporary basis for a  total  period  not
 exceeding  fifteen  days  per  year.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANYTHING TO THE
 CONTRARY, SUCH TENANT OR THIRD-PARTY SECURITY  PROVIDER  OF  A  PUBLICLY
 OWNED  SPORTS  VENUE  WITH  A CAPACITY OF AT LEAST SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
 LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ERIE SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  NO  LESS  THAN  FIFTY
 PERCENT  OF THE SECURITY GUARDS THAT SUCH TENANT OR THIRD-PARTY SECURITY
 PROVIDER HIRES HAVE OBTAINED A LICENSE UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending  the  general
 business  law relating to the applicability of the security guard act of
 nineteen hundred ninety-two to  facilities  owned  by  a  public  sports
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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