Bill Text: NY S06537 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes local governments to pay higher levels of minimum wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-04 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S06537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06537-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6537
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 4, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 authorizing local  govern-
         ments to pay higher level of minimum wage benefits
         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  666  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  666.  NON-PREEMPTION  CLAUSE.  NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER
    4  PROVISION OF LAW SHALL BE  DEEMED  TO  PROHIBIT  ANY  MUNICIPALITY  FROM
    5  ESTABLISHING  OR  ENFORCING  WITHIN ITS GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES PAYMENT OF
    6  MINIMUM WAGE OF BENEFITS STANDARDS THAT ARE HIGHER  OR  MORE  PROTECTIVE
    7  THAN THOSE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13417-01-4