Bill Text: NY A09089 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a registration system for contractors and subcontractors engaged in public work projects in order to better enforce existing labor laws and regulations in the public works industry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-10 - print number 9089a [A09089 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9089
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 25, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing  a  registra-
          tion  system for contractors and subcontractors engaged in public work
          projects in order to better enforce  existing  labor  laws  and  regu-
          lations in the public works industry
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  220-i  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  220-i.  Registration system for contractors and subcontractors.  1.
     4  Definitions as used in this section:
     5    a. "Contractor" means a person, partnership, association, joint  stock
     6  company, trust, corporation, or other legal business entity or successor
     7  thereof who enters into a contract which is subject to the provisions of
     8  this article, and includes any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor
     9  of a contractor as defined herein.
    10    b. "Bureau" means the deparmtent of labor's bureau of public works.
    11    2.  No contractor shall bid on any contract for public work as defined
    12  in this article, unless the contractor is registered  pursuant  to  this
    13  section.  No contractor shall list a subcontractor in a bid proposal for
    14  the contract unless the subcontractor is  registered  pursuant  to  this
    15  section at the time the bid is made.
    16    3.  a. A contractor shall register in writing with the department on a
    17  form provided by the commissioner. The form shall require the  following
    18  information:
    19    i.  The  name,  principal business address and telephone number of the
    20  contractor.
    21    ii.  Whether  the  contractor  is  a  corporation,  partnership,  sole
    22  proprietorship, or other form of business entity.
    23    iii.  The name and address of each person with a financial interest in
    24  the contractor and the percentage interest, except that if the  contrac-
    25  tor  is  a  publicly-traded corporation, the contractor shall supply the
    26  names and addresses of the corporation's officers.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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