Senate Bill S4887

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2023-S4887 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5608
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §224-f, amd §220, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6970
2013-2014: A5234
2015-2016: A3328
2017-2018: S8773, A4871
2019-2020: S3699, A5693, A9872
2021-2022: S1252, A2057

2023-S4887 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"; relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use, excavate, or open a street is required to be issued.

2023-S4887 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4887
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BRESLIN, BRISPORT, BROUK,
   COMRIE,  COONEY, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON,
   KAVANAGH, KENNEDY, LIU, MANNION, MATTERA, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE,  PERSAUD,
   RAMOS,  RIVERA,  RYAN,  SALAZAR,  SANDERS, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY,
   THOMAS -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor law, in relation to enacting the "roadway
   excavation quality assurance act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "roadway excavation quality assurance act".
   § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 224-f to read as
 follows:
   § 224-F. WORKERS ON EXCAVATIONS. 1.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A. "COVERED EXCAVATION PROJECT" SHALL MEAN CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR WHICH
 A PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED TO A CONTRACTOR OR  SUBCONTRACTOR  OF  A  UTILITY
 COMPANY  BY  THE  STATE, A COUNTY OR A MUNICIPALITY TO USE, EXCAVATE, OR
 OPEN  A  STREET.    A  "COVERED  EXCAVATION   PROJECT"   SHALL   EXCLUDE
 CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR WHICH A PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED TO A SERVICE PROVIDED
 AS  DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND TWENTY-B
 OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   B. "DEPARTMENT OF JURISDICTION"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE
 STATE,  BOARD  OR  OFFICER  IN  THE  STATE,  OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR
 COMMISSION OR BOARD APPOINTED PURSUANT TO LAW, WHOSE DUTY IT IS TO ISSUE
 A PERMIT TO A UTILITY COMPANY, OR ITS CONTRACTORS OR SUBCONTRACTORS, FOR
 A COVERED EXCAVATION PROJECT.
   C. "FISCAL OFFICER" SHALL MEAN THE COMMISSIONER;  EXCEPT  FOR  COVERED
 EXCAVATION PROJECTS PERFORMED PURSUANT TO A PERMIT ISSUED BY A CITY WITH
 A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION IN WHICH CASE THE "FISCAL OFFICER"
 SHALL BE THE COMPTROLLER OR OTHER ANALOGOUS OFFICER OF SUCH CITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08346-01-3
              

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