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Assembly Bill A7607

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to apprenticeship training

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2023-A7607 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7223
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§811 & 816-b, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4738, S293

2023-A7607 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that a minimum of ten percent of the labor hours of the total construction workforce employed by all contractors and subcontractors performing work pursuant to a construction contract shall be performed by a person or persons participating in a certified apprenticeship program; makes technical amendments.

2023-A7607 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7607
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to apprenticeship training
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1
 and  subdivision  2 of section 811 of the labor law, the section heading
 and the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 482  of
 the  laws of 1961 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 51 of the laws
 of 1968, are amended to read as follows:
   Powers and duties of [industrial] THE commissioner; personnel.
   The [industrial] commissioner shall  have  the  following  powers  and
 duties:
   2.  The  [industrial] commissioner shall appoint a person who shall be
 in charge of apprentice training in the department [of labor],  and  who
 shall  act as secretary of the state apprenticeship and training council
 and of state joint apprenticeship committees. The  [industrial]  commis-
 sioner  is  further  authorized to appoint such clerical, technical, and
 professional assistants as shall be necessary to effectuate the purposes
 of this article.  The  personnel  appointed  under  this  article  shall
 receive  an  annual compensation to be fixed by the [industrial] commis-
 sioner within the amount provided by appropriation.
   § 2. Section 816-b of the labor law is amended by adding a new  subdi-
 vision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM OF TEN PERCENT OF THE
 LABOR HOURS OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE EMPLOYED BY ALL CONTRAC-
 TORS  AND  SUBCONTRACTORS  PERFORMING  WORK  PURSUANT  TO A CONSTRUCTION
 CONTRACT AS DEFINED BY THIS PARAGRAPH (B) OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  PERFORMED  BY A PERSON OR PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN A
 CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS  ARTICLE.  ONLY  HOURS
 WORKED  BY  A PERSON OR PERSONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE FOR WHICH THEY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11522-02-3

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