Assembly Bill A5486

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the use of project labor agreements for large scale construction projects under the state university construction fund

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  • 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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2023-A5486 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6050
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§370 & 376, Ed L

2023-A5486 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the use of project labor agreements for large scale construction projects under the state university construction fund; provides an exception to such requirement may be granted; provides that the fund may require every contractor become party to a project labor agreement.

2023-A5486 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5486
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the use of
   project labor agreements for large scale construction  projects  under
   the state university construction fund

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 370 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A. "LARGE-SCALE CONSTRUCTION  PROJECT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  CONSTRUCTION
 PROJECT  PERFORMED UNDER THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN OF THE STATE UNIVERSI-
 TY; WITH RESPECT TO  UNIVERSITY-RELATED  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT  PROJECTS
 AUTHORIZED  BY  LAW  PURSUANT  TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO-A OF
 THIS ARTICLE INVOLVING THE  CONSTRUCTION,  ACQUISITION,  RECONSTRUCTION,
 REHABILITATION  OR  IMPROVEMENT  OF  ACADEMIC BUILDINGS, DORMITORIES AND
 OTHER FACILITIES FOR WHICH THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THE  CONSTRUCTION
 CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS TO THE FUND IS THREE MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE.
   §  2.  Section  376  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  (A)  EACH  CONTRACT  INVOLVING  THE  AWARDING  OF  A  LARGE-SCALE
 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SHALL REQUIRE THE USE OF A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT,
 AS  DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE
 LABOR LAW, FOR  ALL  CONTRACTORS  AND  SUBCONTRACTORS  ON  THE  PROJECT,
 CONSISTENT  WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 TWENTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW.
   (B) (I) THE FUND MAY GRANT AN EXCEPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION BY PROVIDING A SPECIFIC WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF WHY A PROJECT
 LABOR  AGREEMENT  WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE LABOR  LAW,  OR  STATE
 COMPETITIVE BIDDING LAWS, AND WHY REQUIRING A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT ON
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06964-03-3
 A. 5486                             2

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