STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9089 IN ASSEMBLY January 25, 2016 ___________ 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. LBD10602-01-5