Bill Text: NY A07855 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the "construction safety course accountability act"; authorizes the department of labor to license any entity or organization in the state of New York which offers an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction safety and health course; requires any person or entity which issues an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction and safety health course card in New York state to submit a copy to the department of labor, with the cardholder's name and address and the date of issuance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-30 - enacting clause stricken [A07855 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A07855-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7855 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 6, 2013 ___________ 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 enacting the "construction safety course accountability act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "construction safety course accountability act". 3 S 2. Section 220-h of the labor law, as added by chapter 282 of the 4 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 5 S 220-h. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 6 construction safety and health course. 1. The advertised specifications 7 for every contract for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance 8 and/or repair of public work to which the state or a municipality is a 9 party, where the total cost of all work to be performed under the 10 contract is at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars, shall contain a 11 provision requiring that all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed 12 in the performance of the contract on the public work site, either by 13 the contractor, sub-contractor or other person doing or contracting to 14 do the whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract, shall 15 be certified prior to performing any work on the project as having 16 successfully completed a course in construction safety and health 17 approved by the United States department of labor's occupational safety 18 and health administration that is at least ten hours in duration. 19 2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL LICENSE ANY ENTITY OR ORGANIZATION IN THE 20 STATE OF NEW YORK WHICH OFFERS A COURSE TO LABORERS, WORKERS, AND 21 MECHANICS IN CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH APPROVED BY THE UNITED 22 STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINIS- 23 TRATION THAT IS AT LEAST TEN HOURS IN DURATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 24 LIMITED TO COURSES GIVEN IN ORDER THAT SUCH LABORERS, WORKERS AND 25 MECHANICS MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK ON CERTAIN PROJECTS PURSUANT TO SUBDI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01115-01-3 A. 7855 2 1 VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION OR PURSUANT TO ANY LOCAL RULE, REGULATION OR 2 ORDINANCE. 3 3. ANY PERSON, ENTITY OR ORGANIZATION WHICH ISSUES AN OCCUPATIONAL 4 SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY HEALTH COURSE 5 CARD IN NEW YORK STATE SHALL SUBMIT A COPY TO THE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE 6 CARDHOLDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS AND THE DATE OF ISSUANCE. 7 4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS NECES- 8 SARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND THREE OF THIS 9 SECTION. 10 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.