STATE OF NEW YORK
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8632
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to increasing the number of
members on the farm laborers wage board from three to five
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 674-a of the labor law, as
2 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read to as
3 follows:
4 1. Wage board. The commissioner shall hereby convene a farm laborers
5 wage board. The wage board shall be comprised of [three] five members:
6 one representative of the farm bureau, one representative of the New
7 York State AFL-CIO, one member appointed by the commissioner of agricul-
8 ture and markets, the farm labor specialist from the New York state
9 college of agricultural and life sciences established in section fifty-
10 seven hundred twelve of the education law and one member appointed by
11 the commissioner, who shall be selected from the general public and
12 designated as chairperson. The wage board shall hold its first hearing
13 no later than March first, two thousand twenty. The members of the board
14 shall not receive a salary or other compensation, but shall be paid
15 actual and necessary traveling expenses while engaged in the performance
16 of their duties.
17 2. Organization. [Two-thirds] Three-fifths of the members of the board
18 shall constitute a quorum. The chairperson may from time to time formu-
19 late rules governing the manner in which the wage board shall function
20 and perform its duties under this article.
21 § 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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