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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 4, 2020
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Zebrowski,
   Cusick) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to providing that  non-profit
   organization,  certain governmental entities and certain Indian tribes
   which are liable  for  unemployment  insurance  payments  in  lieu  of
   contributions  shall  only be liable for fifty percent of payments for
   benefits to claimants that were  a  result  of  the  closure  of  such
   employer  or  a reduction in the workforce of the employer for reasons
   related to COVID-19
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  563  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO THE  CONTRARY,  A
 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH IS LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF CONTRIB-
 UTIONS  SHALL  ONLY BE LIABLE FOR FIFTY PERCENT OF PAYMENTS FOR BENEFITS
 TO CLAIMANTS THAT WERE A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE OF  SUCH  EMPLOYER  OR  A
 REDUCTION  IN THE WORKFORCE OF THE EMPLOYER FOR REASONS RELATED TO NOVEL
 CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, OR DUE TO A MANDATORY ORDER OF A GOVERNMENT ENTI-
 TY DULY AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SUCH ORDER TO CLOSE  SUCH  EMPLOYER,  ON  OR
 AFTER MARCH TWELFTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   §  2. Section 565 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 10 to read as follows:
   10. COVID-19 CLOSURE OR REDUCTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS  SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHICH IS LIABLE FOR
 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL ONLY BE LIABLE FOR FIFTY PERCENT
 OF PAYMENTS FOR BENEFITS TO CLAIMANTS THAT WERE A RESULT OF THE  CLOSURE
 OF  SUCH  EMPLOYER  OR  A REDUCTION IN THE WORKFORCE OF THE EMPLOYER FOR
 REASONS RELATED TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, OR DUE  TO  A  MANDATORY
 ORDER  OF  A  GOVERNMENT  ENTITY  DULY AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SUCH ORDER TO
 CLOSE SUCH EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER MARCH TWELFTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   § 3. Section 566 of the labor law is amended by adding a new  subdivi-
 sion 12 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD17609-02-0

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   12.  COVID-19 CLOSURE OR REDUCTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY,  AN  INDIAN  TRIBE  WHICH  IS  LIABLE  FOR
 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL ONLY BE LIABLE FOR FIFTY PERCENT
 OF  PAYMENTS FOR BENEFITS TO CLAIMANTS THAT WERE A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE
 OF  SUCH  EMPLOYER  OR  A REDUCTION IN THE WORKFORCE OF THE EMPLOYER FOR
 REASONS RELATED TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, OR DUE  TO  A  MANDATORY
 ORDER  OF  A  GOVERNMENT  ENTITY  DULY AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SUCH ORDER TO
 CLOSE SUCH EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER MARCH TWELFTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.