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Assembly Bill A8044

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for contractors and subcontractors to cable television companies for violations of payroll reporting requirements, and to the payment of workers on certain excavation projects

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2025-A8044 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7074
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§220-j & 224-f, Lab L

2025-A8044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that contractors and subcontractors to cable television companies who are assessed penalties for two separate violations of payroll reporting requirements shall be ineligible to submit a bid on or be awarded any public work contract with the state, any municipal corporation or public body for five years; provides that cable television companies shall be subject to the requirement that workers on certain excavation projects be paid not less than a prevailing rate of wage.

2025-A8044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8044
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to penalties for  contractors
   and  subcontractors  to  cable  television companies for violations of
   payroll reporting requirements, and  to  the  payment  of  workers  on
   certain excavation projects

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 220-j of the labor law is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
   F.  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  PENALTIES  SET  FORTH  IN THIS SUBDIVISION,
 CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS TO CABLE TELEVISION COMPANIES, AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED  TWELVE  OF  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  LAW,  WHO  ARE
 ASSESSED PENALTIES UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR TWO SEPARATE VIOLATIONS OF
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE INELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT A BID ON OR BE AWARDED ANY
 PUBLIC WORK CONTRACT OR SUBCONTRACT WITH THE STATE, ANY MUNICIPAL CORPO-
 RATION OR PUBLIC BODY FOR  A  PERIOD  OF  FIVE  YEARS  FROM  THE  SECOND
 VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 224-f of the labor law,
 as added by chapter 278 of the laws of 2023, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision 5 is added to read as follows:
   d. "Utility company" shall have the same meaning as subdivision  twen-
 ty-three  of  section  two of the public service law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "UTILITY COMPANY" SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A
 CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW.
   5.  ANY  CABLE  TELEVISION  COMPANY,  AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, WHICH  IS  SUBJECT
 TO THE JURISDICTION, SUPERVISION AND REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY OR PURSU-
 ANT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW SHALL
 BE SUBJECT TO THE MANDATES OF THIS SECTION, ANY LANGUAGE TO THE CONTRARY
 NOTWITHSTANDING.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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