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A05963 Summary:

BILL NOA05963
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06662
 
SPONSORHawley
 
COSPNSRSalka, Angelino, Gallahan, DeStefano
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§240 & 241, Lab L
 
Relates to building new one-family residential construction.
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A05963 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5963
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 2, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. HAWLEY, SALKA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to contractors  building  new
          one-family residential construction
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of  section  240  of
     2  the labor law, as amended by chapter 241 of the laws of 1981, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    All  contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and
     5  two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or  control  the
     6  work  and  contractors building new one-family residential construction,
     7  in the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning  or
     8  pointing  of a building or structure shall furnish or erect, or cause to
     9  be furnished or erected for the performance of such labor,  scaffolding,
    10  hoists, stays, ladders, slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, braces, irons,
    11  ropes, and other devices which shall be so constructed, placed and oper-
    12  ated as to give proper protection to a person so employed.
    13    § 2. The opening paragraph of section 241 of the labor law, as amended
    14  by chapter 670 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
    15    All  contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and
    16  two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or  control  the
    17  work  and  contractors building new one-family residential construction,
    18  when constructing or demolishing buildings or doing  any  excavating  in
    19  connection therewith, shall comply with the following requirements:
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    21  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    22  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    23  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    24  completed on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01987-01-1
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