Senate Bill S7818

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state worker protection and labor enforcement fund

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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-S7818 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9281
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-rr, St Fin L

2023-S7818 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state worker protection and labor enforcement fund to supplement the department of labor's labor law enforcement duties.

2023-S7818 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7818 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7818
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  establishing  the
   New York state worker protection and labor law enforcement fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 99-rr to read as follows:
   §  99-RR.  NEW  YORK STATE WORKER PROTECTION AND LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
 FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF  THE  STATE
 COMPTROLLER  AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND
 TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEW  YORK  STATE  WORKER  PROTECTION  AND  LABOR  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT FUND.
   2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF  ALL MONETARY DAMAGES AND PENALTIES
 RECOVERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR  FOR  EMPLOYER  VIOLATIONS,  UNLESS
 OTHERWISE DESIGNATED, OF ARTICLES TWO, FIVE, SIX, EIGHT, NINE, NINETEEN,
 NINETEEN-B, TWENTY-C, TWENTY-FIVE-A, TWENTY-FIVE-B, AND TWENTY-FIVE-C OF
 THE  LABOR  LAW  OR  WITH  ANY REGULATIONS RELATED THERETO AND ALL OTHER
 MONEYS APPROPRIATED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR  SOURCE  PURSUANT  TO
 LAW;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER THAT NO MONIES DUE AND OWING TO ANY OTHER PARTY
 SHALL BE DEDICATED TO THE FUND.  NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL
 PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING  GRANTS,  GIFTS  OR  BEQUESTS  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO
 THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3.  THE  MONIES  IN  THE FUND, AFTER APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE,
 SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE  OF
 SUPPLEMENTING  THE  DEPARTMENT'S LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT SUCH FUNDING SHALL BE  APPROPRIATED  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
 OTHER MONIES APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN
 EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13665-02-3
 S. 7818                             2
              

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