Bill Text: NY S00479 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that all persons working on contracts valued at $250,000 or more receive at least ten hours of OSHA training prior to their performance of work.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S00479 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00479-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          479
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor  law,  in  relation  to  safety  training  for
         certain employees
         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  202-l  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S   202-L.   OCCUPATIONAL  SAFETY  AND  HEALTH  ADMINISTRATION  (OSHA)
    4  CONSTRUCTION SAFETY  AND  HEALTH  COURSE.  1.  EVERY  CONTRACT  FOR  THE
    5  CONSTRUCTION,  RECONSTRUCTION,  MAINTENANCE AND/OR REPAIR OF ANY PROJECT
    6  WHERE THE TOTAL COST OF ALL WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE  CONTRACT  IS
    7  TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY  THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE, SHALL CONTAIN A PROVISION
    8  REQUIRING THAT ALL LABORERS, WORKERS,  AND  MECHANICS  EMPLOYED  IN  THE
    9  PERFORMANCE  OF THE CONTRACT ON THE WORK SITE, EITHER BY THE CONTRACTOR,
   10  SUB-CONTRACTOR OR OTHER PERSON DOING OR CONTRACTING TO DO THE WHOLE OR A
   11  PART OF THE WORK CONTEMPLATED BY THE CONTRACT, SHALL BE CERTIFIED  PRIOR
   12  TO PERFORMING ANY WORK ON THE PROJECT AS HAVING SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A
   13  COURSE  IN  CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES
   14  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION THAT
   15  IS AT LEAST TEN HOURS IN DURATION. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE
   16  FOR  SUBMITTING A CERTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE COMMENCE-
   17  MENT OF ANY WORK ON THE PROJECT.
   18    2. IF ANY PERSON PERFORMS ANY WORK ON A CONTRACT WITHOUT FIRST  HAVING
   19  COMPLETED  HIS  OR HER TEN HOURS AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE
   20  OF THIS SECTION, THEN THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A FINE, PAYABLE
   21  TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ITS  FIRST
   22  OFFENSE.  THE AMOUNT OF FINE FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE SHALL BE DOUBLE
   23  THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE ASSESSED AGAINST THE  CONTRACTOR  FOR  THE  IMME-
   24  DIATELY PRIOR OFFENSE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00615-01-3
       S. 479                              2
    1    3.  IF MORE THAN ONE PERSON WORKING ON A CONTRACT DOES NOT HAVE HIS OR
    2  HER CERTIFICATION, EACH PERSON WORKING WITHOUT  CERTIFICATION  SHALL  BE
    3  CONSIDERED A DISTINCT AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OF THE CONTRACTOR.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    5  it shall have become a law.