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                                   2455
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
   New York state worker protection and labor law enforcement fund

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 99-ss to read as follows:
   § 99-SS. NEW YORK STATE WORKER PROTECTION AND  LABOR  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 FUND.  1.  THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE
 COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL  FUND
 TO  BE  KNOWN  AS  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE WORKER PROTECTION AND LABOR LAW
 ENFORCEMENT FUND.
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST  OF  ALL  MONETARY  DAMAGES  AND  PENALTIES
 RECOVERED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF LABOR FOR EMPLOYER VIOLATIONS, UNLESS
 OTHERWISE DESIGNATED, OF ARTICLES TWO, FIVE, SIX, EIGHT, NINE, NINETEEN,
 NINETEEN-B, TWENTY-C, TWENTY-FIVE-A, TWENTY-FIVE-B, AND TWENTY-FIVE-C OF
 THE LABOR LAW OR WITH ANY REGULATIONS  RELATED  THERETO  AND  ALL  OTHER
 MONEYS  APPROPRIATED  THERETO  FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO
 LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT NO MONIES DUE AND OWING TO ANY  OTHER  PARTY
 SHALL BE DEDICATED TO THE FUND.  NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL
 PREVENT  THE  STATE  FROM  RECEIVING  GRANTS,  GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO
 THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3. THE MONIES IN THE FUND, AFTER  APPROPRIATION  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE,
 SHALL  BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
 SUPPLEMENTING THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT  DUTIES;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  FUNDING  SHALL  BE APPROPRIATED IN ADDITION TO ANY
 OTHER MONIES APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN
 EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   4. ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST OF EACH YEAR, THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR
 SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING HOW THE MONIES OF THE FUND WERE
 UTILIZED DURING THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE PROVIDED
 TO  THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
 THE  CHAIR  OF  THE  SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY
 WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE  COMMITTEE  ON  LABOR,
 THE  CHAIR  OF  THE ASSEMBLY LABOR COMMITTEE, AND THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL BE  POSTED  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  AND  SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   (A)  THE  NUMBER  OF  ENFORCEMENT  PROCEEDINGS  INITIATED FOR EMPLOYER
 VIOLATIONS OF ARTICLES TWO, FIVE,  SIX,  EIGHT,  NINE,  NINETEEN,  NINE-
 TEEN-B, TWENTY-C, TWENTY-FIVE-A, TWENTY-FIVE-B, AND TWENTY-FIVE-C OF THE
 LABOR  LAW  OR  ANY  REGULATIONS RELATED THERETO, THE NAME OF THE ENTITY
 AGAINST WHICH SUCH PROCEEDING WAS INITIATED AND THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FOR
 EACH SUCH PROCEEDING, IF ANY;
   (B) THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE AND DISPERSED FROM THE FUND OVER THE
 PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS;
   (C) A DESCRIPTION ON HOW SUCH MONIES WERE USED, INCLUDING  THE  NUMBER
 OF ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL HIRED OR SUPPORTED BY SUCH MONIES; AND
   (D) A SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN FOR SUCH MONIES WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ESTI-
 MATES OF ALL RECEIPTS AND ALL DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026.