Bill Text: NY A03515 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Applies the prevailing wage laws to certain projects on privately owned property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to labor [A03515 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03515-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3515--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 23, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT, MOSLEY, ORTIZ, BENEDETTO -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A. RAIA -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
         on  Labor  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  applying  the  prevailing
         wage laws to certain projects on privately owned property
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 220 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10.  ANY  PROJECT ON PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY WHICH, IN WHOLE OR PART,
    4  (A) RECEIVES OR BENEFITS FROM  PUBLIC  FUNDS  OR  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE,
    5  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE  PROVISION  OF  PUBLIC MONIES, THE
    6  PROVISION OF TAX EXEMPTIONS OR BENEFITS, THE  PROCEEDS  OR  BENEFITS  OF
    7  BONDS, SURETIES OR OTHER CONTRACTS, OR THE PROVISION OF REAL PROPERTY AT
    8  LESS  THAN  FAIR MARKET VALUE OR FOR REDUCED CONSIDERATION, (B) INVOLVES
    9  MORE THAN FIFTY DWELLING UNITS WHERE LESS  THAN  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE
   10  UNITS  ARE  SUBJECT  TO AN AGREEMENT WITH A MUNICIPALITY, THE STATE, THE
   11  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF  WHICH  RESTRICTS  THE
   12  OCCUPANCY  OF  SUCH  UNITS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES, AS TENANTS OR
   13  PURCHASERS, WITH A GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME AT OR BELOW ONE HUNDRED  TWEN-
   14  TY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA  MEDIAN  INCOME, AND (C) MAY INVOLVE THE
   15  EMPLOYMENT OF LABORERS, WORKERS OR MECHANICS, SHALL BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC
   16  WORK FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY CONTRACTS OR SUBCONTRACTS
   17  WHICH MAY INVOLVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABORERS, WORKERS OR MECHANICS SHALL
   18  BE ENFORCEABLE  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,
   19  "PRIVATELY  OWNED  PROPERTY" SHALL MEAN PROPERTY HELD PURSUANT TO OWNER-
   20  SHIP OR LEASEHOLD INTEREST BY A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   22  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
   23  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   24  tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
   25  before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04359-03-5