Bill Text: NY S02413 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the governor to convene a work group to study and make recommendations to the legislature regarding the appropriate payment of supplements to construction workers; prohibits companies who violate the Davis-Bacon act from contracting with the state.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S02413 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02413-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2413
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT relating to a work group to study and make recommendations to the
          legislature  regarding  the  appropriate  payment  of  supplements  to
          construction workers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The governor shall convene a work group to study  and  make
     2  recommendations  to the legislature regarding the appropriate payment of
     3  supplements to construction workers; employing the annualization method-
     4  ology utilized by the United States department of labor in  calculations
     5  under  the  Davis-Bacon  Act of 1931, as amended 40 U.S.C. § 276(a); and
     6  the impact of prohibiting any person or entity, or a substantially-owned
     7  affiliate of such person or entity, who has disregarded  obligations  to
     8  employees  under  the Davis-Bacon Act pursuant to 40 U.S.C.  3144 and 29
     9  C.F.R. 5.12 from submitting a bid on or being awarded any  public  works
    10  contract  with  the  state  or any municipal corporation, public benefit
    11  corporation or public body while the name of the  person  or  entity  is
    12  published  in  the  list  of  debarred contractors pursuant to 40 U.S.C.
    13  3144. The work group shall be comprised of nine members:  one  appointed
    14  by the governor, one appointed by the temporary president of the senate,
    15  one  appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the assembly, one appointed by the
    16  commissioner of labor, one appointed by the president  of  empire  state
    17  development  corporation,  two  representatives  of  labor organizations
    18  appointed by the governor, and two representatives of contractor associ-
    19  ations appointed by the governor. All  appointments  shall  be  made  by
    20  August  1, 2017 or the designee forgoes his or her right to appoint. The
    21  work group shall issue recommendations to the  governor,  the  temporary
    22  president  of  the senate and the speaker of the assembly by February 1,
    23  2018.
    24    § 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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