STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8542--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 21, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of a freight transportation broker The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 862-a of the labor law, as 2 amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2014, is amended and a new subdivi- 3 sion 7 is added to read as follows: 4 6. "Employer" means any commercial goods transportation contractor 5 which compensates a person classified as an employee under section eight 6 hundred sixty-two-b of this article. Such term shall not include any 7 freight transportation broker as defined in subdivision seven of this 8 section. 9 7. "Freight transportation broker" means any sole proprietor, partner- 10 ship, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association or other 11 legal entity that brokers the transportation of goods for outside third- 12 party employers. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11813-06-8