Senate Bill S2557

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of electric plant, provides for employees of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant to be paid a certain wage in certain situations; repealer

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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-S2557 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2684
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §§220-i & 231-a, Lab L; rpld §70 sub 8, amd §2, Pub Serv L (as proposed in S.7846 & A.10338)

2021-S2557 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of electric plant; provides for employees of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant to be paid a certain wage in certain situations; repeals certain provisions relating to the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.

2021-S2557 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2557 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2557
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to including nuclear
   power reactors as part of  the  definition  of  "electric  plant";  to
   provide  for  employees  of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant to be
   paid certain wages in the event such plant  is  sold,  transferred  or
   leased;  and  to  repeal  certain  provisions of the labor law and the
   public service law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 any  corporation,  firm, company, partnership, limited liability company
 or association with a contract to  purchase  the  Indian  Point  Nuclear
 Power Plant, or involved in any transfer or lease, as well as any decom-
 missioning  activities,  by  the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant of its
 franchise, works or system or any  part  of  such  franchise,  works  or
 system  shall  provide  that employees of the Indian Point Nuclear Power
 Plant shall be paid a wage of not less than the prevailing wage  in  the
 locality  where  the  Indian  Point  Nuclear Power Plant is located. The
 provisions of this act shall be enforced in  a  manner  consistent  with
 article  8 of the labor law in the case of construction work, or article
 9 of the labor law in the case of building service work.
   Nothing in this act shall be deemed to  diminish  the  rights,  privi-
 leges, or remedies of any current or former employee under any other law
 or regulation or under any collective bargaining agreement or employment
 contract.
   §  2. Any transferee or purchaser corporation, firm, company, partner-
 ship, limited liability company, or association engaged in the transfer,
 lease or sale of any franchise, works or system of a nuclear power plant
 within sixty miles of a city with a population of one  million  or  more
 shall  be bound by any collective bargaining agreement applicable to the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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