S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9715--A
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 28, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
certain businesses to notify past and present employees of eligibility
for the September eleventh victim compensation fund
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
399-rr to read as follows:
§ 399-RR. SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND NOTIFICATION.
1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
(A) THE "ELIGIBLE TIME PERIOD" SHALL BE ANY TIME BEGINNING SEPTEMBER
ELEVENTH TWO THOUSAND ONE AND ENDING MAY THIRTIETH TWO THOUSAND TWO.
(B) THE "EXPOSURE ZONE" SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS ALL THAT PART OF
MANHATTAN SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE RUNNING ALONG CANAL STREET FROM THE
HUDSON RIVER TO THE INTERSECTION OF CANAL STREET AND EAST BROADWAY,
NORTH ON EAST BROADWAY TO CLINTON STREET, AND EAST ON CLINTON STREET TO
THE EAST RIVER; AND ANY AREA RELATED TO OR ALONG THE ROUTES OF DEBRIS
REMOVAL, SUCH AS BARGES AND FRESH KILLS LANDFILL.
(C) THE "SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND" SHALL BE THE
SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AIR
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND SYSTEM STABILIZATION ACT (49 USC 40101).
2. ANY BUSINESS WITH FIFTY OR MORE EMPLOYEES WHICH OPERATED WITHIN THE
EXPOSURE ZONE DURING THE ELIGIBLE TIME PERIOD SHALL NOTIFY EACH PERSON
EMPLOYED WITHIN THE EXPOSURE ZONE DURING THE ELIGIBLE TIME PERIOD OF
THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND.
THIS SHALL APPLY TO BOTH CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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