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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Senate Bill S9551
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 27th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
2021-S9551 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9715
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §399-rr, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S2946, A75
2021-S9551 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9551 SPONSOR: KAVANAGH TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring certain businesses to notify past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require businesses with fifty or more employees to noti- fy past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends the General Business Law by adding a new Section 399-rr. Subdivision 1 of the new Section defines "eligible time period," "exposure zone," and "September eleventh victim compensation fund." Subdivision 2 of the new Section requires businesses with fifty or more employees that operated within the exposure zone in the after-
2021-S9551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9551 I N S E N A T E September 9, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring certain businesses to notify past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-rr to read as follows: § 399-RR. SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND NOTIFICATION. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) THE "ELIGIBLE TIME PERIOD" SHALL BE ANY TIME BEGINNING SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH TWO THOUSAND ONE AND ENDING MAY THIRTIETH TWO THOUSAND TWO. (B) THE "EXPOSURE ZONE" SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS ALL THAT PART OF MANHATTAN SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE RUNNING ALONG CANAL STREET FROM THE HUDSON RIVER TO THE INTERSECTION OF CANAL STREET AND EAST BROADWAY, NORTH ON EAST BROADWAY TO CLINTON STREET, AND EAST ON CLINTON STREET TO THE EAST RIVER; AND ANY AREA RELATED TO OR ALONG THE ROUTES OF DEBRIS REMOVAL, SUCH AS BARGES AND FRESH KILLS LANDFILL. (C) THE "SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND" SHALL BE THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AIR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND SYSTEM STABILIZATION ACT (49 USC 40101). 2. ANY BUSINESS WITH FIFTY OR MORE EMPLOYEES WHICH OPERATED WITHIN THE EXPOSURE ZONE DURING THE ELIGIBLE TIME PERIOD SHALL NOTIFY EACH PERSON EMPLOYED WITHIN THE EXPOSURE ZONE DURING THE ELIGIBLE TIME PERIOD OF THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND. THIS SHALL APPLY TO BOTH CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15191-03-2
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