Assembly Bill A8082

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to wages and supplements for building service employees employed at certain properties held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership receiving a tax abatement

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6219 - Vetoed by Governor


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

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2019-A8082 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6219
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A7434, S6350

2019-A8082 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to wages and supplements for building service employees employed at certain properties held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership receiving a tax abatement, affidavits certifying the payment of prevailing wages to building service workers are made public record and may be produced before a court or administrative tribunal.

2019-A8082 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8082
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DE LA ROSA  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law,  in  relation  to  wages  and
   supplements for building service employees employed at certain proper-
   ties  held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership receiv-
   ing a tax abatement

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 467-a of the real property tax law
 is  amended  by  adding three new paragraphs (i), (j) and (k) to read as
 follows:
   (I) "PREVAILING WAGE" MEANS THE RATE OF WAGES AND  SUPPLEMENTAL  BENE-
 FITS PAID IN THE LOCALITY TO WORKERS IN THE SAME TRADE OR OCCUPATION AND
 ANNUALLY DETERMINED BY THE COMPTROLLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF THE LABOR LAW.
   (J)  "QUALIFIED  PROPERTY"  MEANS  (I) A PROPERTY WITH AN AVERAGE UNIT
 ASSESSED VALUE OF LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS; OR  (II)
 A PROPERTY WITH RESPECT TO WHICH AN APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN AFFIDAVIT
 CERTIFYING  THAT  ALL  BUILDING  SERVICE  EMPLOYEES  EMPLOYED  OR  TO BE
 EMPLOYED AT THE PROPERTY SHALL RECEIVE THE  APPLICABLE  PREVAILING  WAGE
 FOR THE DURATION OF SUCH PROPERTY'S TAX ABATEMENT.
   (K)  "BUILDING  SERVICE  EMPLOYEE"  MEANS  ANY PERSON WHO IS REGULARLY
 EMPLOYED AT A BUILDING WHO PERFORMS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARE  OR
 MAINTENANCE  OF SUCH BUILDING. "BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEE" INCLUDES, BUT
 IS NOT LIMITED TO, WATCHMAN, GUARD, DOORMAN, BUILDING  CLEANER,  PORTER,
 HANDYMAN, JANITOR, GARDENER, GROUNDSKEEPER, ELEVATOR OPERATOR AND START-
 ER,  AND  WINDOW CLEANER, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE PERSONS REGULARLY SCHED-
 ULED TO WORK FEWER THAN EIGHT HOURS PER WEEK IN THE BUILDING.
   § 2. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 2 of section 467-a  of  the
 real  property  tax  law,  paragraph (f) as amended by chapter 97 of the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13103-01-9
              

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