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Apr 20, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S7543
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor 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
co-Sponsors
(D, IP) Senate District
2009-S7543 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S7543 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "construction safety course accountability act"; authorizes the department of labor to license any entity or organization in the state of New York which offers an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction safety and health course; requires any person or entity which issues an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction and safety health course card in New York state to submit a copy to the department of labor, with the cardholder's name and address and the date of issuance.
2009-S7543 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7543 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to the licensing by the department of labor of any entity which offers an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction safety and health course PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To ensure the integrity of construction safety training programs mandated pursuant to state and local laws, by requiring that entities providing such courses register with the department of labor and that they report the issuance of safety certificates so that a current database of certificate holders can be maintained. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill names the act the "construction safety course accountability act." Section 2 amends section 220-h of the labor law by adding subsection 2 to require that any entity in New York state which offers a course to laborers, workers, and mechanics in construction safety and health, approved by the United States department of labor's occupational safety and health administration that is at least ten hours in duration, obtain a license from the department of labor; adds subsection 3 to require that any entity offering such a course submit a copy of the certificate or card issued to any individual indicating completion of such course to the department of labor so the department can maintain a current database
2009-S7543 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7543 I N S E N A T E April 20, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- 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 the licensing by the department of labor of any entity which offers an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction safety and health course THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "construction safety course accountability act". S 2. Section 220-h of the labor law, as added by chapter 282 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: S 220-h. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) construction safety and health course. 1. The advertised specifications for every contract for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and/or repair of public work to which the state or a municipality is a party, where the total cost of all work to be performed under the contract is at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars, shall contain a provision requiring that all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed in the performance of the contract on the public work site, either by the contractor, sub-contractor or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract, shall be certified prior to performing any work on the project as having successfully completed a course in construction safety and health approved by the United States department of labor's occupational safety and health administration that is at least ten hours in duration. 2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL LICENSE ANY ENTITY OR ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHICH OFFERS A COURSE TO LABORERS, WORKERS, AND MECHANICS IN CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINIS- TRATION THAT IS AT LEAST TEN HOURS IN DURATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO COURSES GIVEN IN ORDER THAT SUCH LABORERS, WORKERS AND MECHANICS MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK ON CERTAIN PROJECTS PURSUANT TO SUBDI- VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION OR PURSUANT TO ANY LOCAL RULE, REGULATION OR ORDINANCE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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