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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Feb 23, 2009 |
referred to economic development |
Assembly Bill A5914
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TOWNS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A5914 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A5914 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that entities eligible to receive economic development subsidies must: pay each employee a minimum wage that's at least one dollar higher than state minimum wage levels; offer health insurance benefit plans to employees employed at least 35 hours per week; and offer at least twenty percent of its workers a worker training program.
2009-A5914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5914 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 23, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TOWNS, GREENE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to establish- ing the "minimum standards for subsidized jobs act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "minimum standards for subsidized jobs act." S 2. Findings and purpose. The legislature hereby finds and declares that every year, the state of New York awards increasingly large amounts of dollars in economic development subsidies to for-profit businesses. When government invests in economic development, it makes no economic sense to support the creation or promotion of jobs that do not give workers the chance to earn a decent living. When state-subsidized jobs provide low wages and poor benefits, they increase the need for govern- ment services, including public assistance for food, housing, health care, and childcare. The purpose of this act is to improve the effectiveness of economic development expenditures, take pressure off state social services programs, and improve the public health and welfare by ensuring that major state subsidies are used to support at least minimum living stand- ards for working families. S 3. The economic development law is amended by adding a new article 17 to read as follows: ARTICLE 17 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SUBSIDIZED JOBS ACT SECTION 350. DEFINITIONS. 351. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR WAGES AND BENEFITS. 352. ENFORCEMENT. S 350. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02366-01-9
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