S1818-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO LABOR
• Jan 13, 2011: REFERRED TO LABOR

S1818-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1818

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the labor law, in relation to asbestos projects

PURPOSE:
To exempt municipalities from the payment of asbestos project
notification fees when the project is funded by RESTORE monies.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend Labor Law Section 904 subdivision 2 to relieve
contractors of municipalities performing asbestos projects which are
funded in part by RESTORE monies from paying the project notification
fee.

JUSTIFICATION:
Project notification fees for asbestos were doubled in the recently
enacted budget. These increased fees adversely impact municipalities
that are using RESTORE funding to remove vacant residential buildings.
The project notification fees charged to municipalities by contractors
performing the removal are paid out of RESTORE monies by the
municipality.
This situation effectively results in the state paying itself to the
detriment of the RESTORE program. This project notification fee
limits the RESTORE monies' value and decreases the number of vacant
residences which may be removed.

This limited exemption from the payment of the asbestos project
notification fee would enable municipalities to use RESTORE funding
for its intended purpose the removal of vacant buildings, which are
resulting in blight, drug havens and create hazards for fire and the
firemen who respond to such fires.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009 - Died in Labor Committee
2010 - Died in Labor Committee

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S1818-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    1818

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 13, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

  AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to asbestos projects

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 904 of the labor law is amended by
  adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:

    EXCEPT  THAT IN THE CASE OF A CONTRACTOR WHO IS LICENSED AND OTHERWISE
  COMPLIES WITH THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  IS
  EMPLOYED  BY  A  MUNICIPALITY  WHICH IS FUNDING A PORTION OF AN ASBESTOS
  PROJECT WITH MONIES FROM THE RESTORE NEW YORK'S  COMMUNITIES  INITIATIVE
  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION SIXTEEN-N OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT
  SUCH CONTRACTOR SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY  THE  PROJECT  NOTIFICATION
  FEE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD06914-01-1