Bill Text: NY A07147 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes local governments to pay higher levels of minimum wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-30 - enacting clause stricken [A07147 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A07147-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7147
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 2, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing local govern-
ments to pay higher level of minimum wage benefits
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 665 of the labor law, as added by chapter 619 of
2 the laws of 1960, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 665. Savings AND NON-PREEMPTION clause. 1. If any provision of this
4 article or the application thereof to any person, employer, occupation
5 or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the article and the
6 application of such provision to other persons, employees, occupations,
7 or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
8 2. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW SHALL BE
9 DEEMED TO PROHIBIT ANY MUNICIPALITY FROM ESTABLISHING OR ENFORCING WITH-
10 IN ITS GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES PAYMENT OF MINIMUM WAGE OF BENEFITS STAND-
11 ARDS THAT ARE HIGHER OR MORE PROTECTIVE THAN THOSE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
12 TO THIS ARTICLE.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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