Bill Text: NY S08546 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires every renewable energy generating project receiving grants, guaranteed loans, tax benefits or funding from New York state to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the operation and maintenance of such project with a bona fide labor organization of jurisdiction that is actively engaged in representing transitioning utility workers in the fossil fuel industry.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-03 - PRINT NUMBER 8546A [S08546 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08546-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8546

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 12, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations

        AN  ACT  in  relation  to  requiring certain renewable energy generating
          projects to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the operation
          and maintenance of such project with a bona fide labor organization

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Every renewable energy generating project receiving grants,
     2  guaranteed  loans,  tax  benefits  or funding from New York state, shall
     3  demonstrate that the developer or other entities owning  such  renewable
     4  generating  project  has  entered into a memorandum of understanding for
     5  the operation and maintenance of such project with  a  bona  fide  labor
     6  organization  of  jurisdiction  that is actively engaged in representing
     7  transitioning utility workers in the fossil fuel industry. Such memoran-
     8  dum shall be entered into prior to the completion date of  such  project
     9  and  the  memorandum  shall be an ongoing material condition of authori-
    10  zation to operate and maintain the renewable energy project.  The  memo-
    11  randum  shall  only apply to employees necessary for the maintenance and
    12  operation of such renewable energy generation project.  Such  memorandum
    13  shall  contain,  but  not  be limited to, safety and training standards,
    14  disaster response measures, guaranteed hours, staffing levels, pay  rate
    15  protection and retraining programs.
    16    § 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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