Senate Bill S2946

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "9/11 notice act"

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    • 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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2023-S2946 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A75
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-rr, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9551, A9715

2023-S2946 - Summary

Enacts the "9/11 notice act"; provides for notice to past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program.

2023-S2946 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2946 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2946
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 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. This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  the  "9/11
 notice act".
   §  2. 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01787-01-3
              

2023-S2946A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A75
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-rr, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9551, A9715

2023-S2946A - Summary

Enacts the "9/11 notice act"; provides for notice to past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program.

2023-S2946A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2946A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2946--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   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 and the World
   Trade Center health program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be cited as the "9/11
 notice act".
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section  399-
 rr to read as follows:
   §  399-RR. SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND AND WORLD TRADE
 CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM 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  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWO.
   (B)  THE  "NOTICE  AREA"  SHALL  BE THE "NEW YORK CITY DISASTER AREA",
 DESIGNATED AS THE AREA WITHIN NEW YORK CITY THAT IS THE AREA OF  MANHAT-
 TAN THAT IS SOUTH OF HOUSTON STREET; ANY BLOCK IN BROOKLYN THAT IS WHOL-
 LY  OR  PARTIALLY CONTAINED WITHIN A ONE AND ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF THE
 FORMER WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE; 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).
   (D)  THE  "WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM" SHALL BE THE WORLD TRADE
 CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER 42 USC 300MM.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01787-07-3
              

2023-S2946B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A75
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-rr, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9551, A9715

2023-S2946B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "9/11 notice act"; provides for notice to past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program.

2023-S2946B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2946B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2946--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said  commit-
   tee  and  committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to notification of
   past and present businesses and their employees of potential eligibil-
   ity  for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World
   Trade Center health program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be cited as the "9/11
 notice act".
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section  399-
 rr to read as follows:
   §  399-RR. SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND AND WORLD TRADE
 CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM NOTIFICATION.  1. DEFINITIONS.   FOR THE  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  THE "ELIGIBLE TIME PERIOD" AND "NOTICE AREA" SHALL BE THE SAME AS
 PROVIDED FOR IN THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND PURSUANT
 TO 49 USC 40101 AND WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM PURSUANT TO 42 USC
 300MM.
   (B) 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).
   (C) THE "WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM" SHALL BE THE  WORLD  TRADE
 CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER 42 USC 300MM.
   2.  THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ANY OTHER  APPROPRIATE  STATE  OR  MUNICIPAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01787-09-3
              

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