Senate Bill S5039

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Amends the waterfront commission act; repealer

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee


  • 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-S5039 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5274
Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Waterfront Commission Act
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add ยง5-p, Chap 882 of 1953
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4668, A7155
2013-2014: S3984, A4636
2015-2016: S4630, A6970
2017-2018: S3312, A3270
2019-2020: S3263, A6069
2021-2022: A6472

2009-S5039 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the waterfront commission act, relating to empowering the waterfront commission to accept applications in the longshoremen's register.

2009-S5039 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5039 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5039

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
  Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the waterfront commission act, in relation to empowering
  the waterfront commission to accept applications in the longshoremen's
  register; and to repeal section 5-p of such act relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Section 5-p of chapter 882 of the laws of 1953,  constitut-
ing  the waterfront commission act, is REPEALED and a new section 5-p is
added to read as follows:
  S 5-P. THE COMMISSION SHALL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR INCLUSION  IN  THE
LONGSHOREMEN'S  REGISTER UPON THE RECOMMENDATION IN WRITING OF STEVEDORE
AND OTHER EMPLOYERS OF LONGSHOREMEN IN THE PORT OF  NEW  YORK  DISTRICT,
ACTING  THROUGH  THEIR  REPRESENTATIVES  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING WITH A LABOR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING SUCH  LONGSHOREMEN  IN
SUCH  DISTRICT  AND SUCH LABOR ORGANIZATION OR IN WRITING OF A STEVEDORE
OR ANOTHER EMPLOYER OF LONGSHOREMEN IN THE PORT  OF  NEW  YORK  DISTRICT
WHICH  DOES  NOT  HAVE  A  REPRESENTATIVE  FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING WITH A LABOR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING SUCH LONGSHOREMEN.
  S 2. If any part or provision of this act or the  application  thereof
to  any  person  or  circumstances  be  adjudged invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation
to the part, provision or application directly involved in  the  contro-
versy  in  which  such  judgment  shall have been rendered and shall not
affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this act or the appli-
cation thereof to other persons or  circumstances  and  the  two  states
hereby declare that they would have entered into this act or the remain-
der thereof had the invalidity of such provisions or application thereof
been apparent.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09027-01-9

              

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