Bill Text: NY A06219 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6219 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires construction contractors hired to perform work on certain school buildings and facilities to acquire a transportation worker identification credential card issued by the Transportation Security Administration prior to beginning work on such buildings and facilities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A06219 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06219-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6219

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 10, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  the  credentials  of
          construction  contractors  hired  to  perform  work  on certain school
          facilities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 408-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 408-c. Construction of school buildings and facilities; construction
     4  contractor credentials. Any  construction  contractor  hired  to  erect,
     5  repair,  enlarge  or remodel any public or private school or educational
     6  facility shall employ individuals who  have  acquired  a  transportation
     7  worker identification credential card issued by the Transportation Secu-
     8  rity  Administration  to  work on such construction. For the purposes of
     9  this section "construction contractor"  shall  mean  any  individual  or
    10  entity  seeking  permission either through a bid or otherwise to perform
    11  construction and/or maintenance work on buildings and  facilities  occu-
    12  pied  at  any  point  by  students of a school district, charter school,
    13  board of cooperative educational services, or nonpublic school.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09858-02-1