S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6537 I N S E N A T E February 4, 2014 ___________ 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