Assembly Bill A2256

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Excludes alien farm laborers from unemployment insurance coverage

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2256 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S302
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง564, Lab L

2009-A2256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that for the purposes of determining unemployment insurance coverage, the term "employment" shall not include services rendered by an individual who is an alien performing agricultural labor, if at the time such services are rendered, they are excluded from the federal unemployment tax definition.

2009-A2256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2256

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STIRPE, CROUCH, DUPREY, MAGEE, HAWLEY, KOLB,
  BACALLES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BURLING, CALHOUN,  DESTITO,
  GABRYSZAK,  GIGLIO, GORDON, KOON, McDONOUGH, REILLY, SAYWARD, TOWNSEND
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to excluding certain agricul-
  tural labor from coverage under  the  provision  of  the  unemployment
  insurance law

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 564 of the labor law is renumbered
subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
  2. EXCLUSION FROM COVERAGE. THE TERM  "EMPLOYMENT"  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE
SERVICES  RENDERED  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO  IS AN ALIEN ADMITTED TO THE
UNITED STATES TO PERFORM AGRICULTURAL LABOR PURSUANT TO SECTIONS  214(C)
AND  101(A)(15)(H) OF THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT IF, AT
THE TIME SUCH SERVICES ARE RENDERED, THEY ARE EXCLUDED  FROM  THE  DEFI-
NITION  OF EMPLOYMENT IN SECTION 3306(C) OF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX
ACT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00257-01-9

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