STATE OF NEW YORK
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2249
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 13, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. ONORATO, ADDABBO, SAVINO -- 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 the dedicated
occupational safety and health training and education and occupational
health clinic programs fund
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 97-c of the state finance law, as added by chapter
2 886 of the laws of 1985, subdivisions 3 and 4 as amended by chapter 309
3 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 97-c. [Training and education program on occupational safety and
5 health fund] Dedicated occupational safety and health training and
6 education and occupational health clinic programs fund. 1. There is
7 hereby established in the custody of the state comptroller the [training
8 and education program on occupational safety and health fund] dedicated
9 occupational safety and health training and education and occupational
10 health clinic programs fund.
11 2. Such fund shall consist of moneys collected from special compen-
12 sation assessments collected pursuant to the provisions of section one
13 hundred fifty-one of the workers' compensation law for the training
14 program on occupational safety and health and the occupational health
15 clinic network.
16 3. Moneys of the fund shall be available to the New York state occupa-
17 tional safety and health hazard abatement board for purposes of carrying
18 out the provisions of article twenty-nine of the labor law and to the
19 department of labor for worker protection activities under its jurisdic-
20 tion, and to the department of health for services related to the occu-
21 pational health clinic network.
22 4. The moneys shall be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant
23 of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the chairperson
24 of the board or his or her designee or by the commissioner of labor or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 his or her designee, or by the commissioner of health or his or her
2 designee. No funds shall be paid for any purpose other than those
3 enumerated in subdivision two or three of this section.
4 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, no
5 moneys shall be available from the fund until a certificate of allo-
6 cation and a schedule of amounts to be available therefor shall have
7 been issued by the director of the budget, and a copy of such certif-
8 icate filed with the comptroller. Beginning on April first, two thousand
9 eleven, and for each succeeding year, the schedule of amounts available
10 for the training program on occupational safety and health and the occu-
11 pational health clinic network shall reflect a percentage increase over
12 the previous year's funding equal to or greater than the percentage
13 increase in the maximum rate for workers' compensation benefits pursuant
14 to paragraph (a) of subdivision six of section fifteen of the workers'
15 compensation law. Such certificate may be amended from time to time by
16 the director of the budget and a copy of each such amendment shall be
17 filed with the comptroller.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
