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Senate Bill S5214
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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
2015-S5214 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5835
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Municipal Home Rule Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §11, Munic Home R L; amd §§654 & 662, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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S7743, A8767
2015-S5214 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5214 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the municipal home rule law and the labor law, in relation to enacting the Fair Local Wage Act allowing localities to raise minimum wages by thirty percent PURPOSE: To enable counties or cities to enact a minimum wage that is up to thirty percent higher than the state minimum wage. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: * Section 1 of the bill sets forth the short title of the act as the "Fair Local Wage Act " * Section 2 of the bill amends paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 11 of the municipal home rule law to enable counties or cities to enact local laws as provided in section 3 of the bill. * Section 3 of the bill amends section 654 of the labor law to include existing provisions of the section as a new subdivision 1 and to add a new subdivision 2 that authorizes counties or cities to enact higher minimum wages up to 30 percent higher than the state minimum wages. * Section 4 of the bill amends subdivision 1 of section 662 of the labor law to include paying a wage less than the minimum wage enacted by a county or city as a criminal violation in the same manner as
2015-S5214 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5214 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law and the labor law, in relation to enacting the Fair Local Wage Act allowing localities to raise minimum wages by thirty percent 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 "Fair Local Wage Act". S 2. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 11 of the municipal home rule law, as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows: f. Applies to or affects any provision of paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section 8-100 of the election law, the labor law, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THE LABOR LAW, sections two, three and four of chapter one thousand eleven of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-eight, entitled "An act in relation to the maximum hours of labor of certain municipal and fire district firemen and the holidays of firemen and policemen, repealing certain sections of the labor law relating thereto, and to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation thereto," as amended, the volunteer [firemen's] FIREFIGHTERS' benefit law, or the [workmen's] WORKERS' compensation law or changes any provision of the multiple residence law or the multiple dwelling law, except that in a city of one million persons or more, the provisions of local law for the enforcement of the housing code which is not less restrictive than the multiple dwelling law may be applied in the enforcement of the multiple dwelling law. S 3. Section 654 of the labor law, as added by chapter 619 of the laws of 1960, is amended to read as follows: S 654. Basis of changes in minimum wage. (1) In establishing minimum wages and regulations for any occupation or occupations pursuant to the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04902-01-5
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