NY State Senate Bill 2013-S3242

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2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Commissions
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S7236
2011-2012: S1819
2015-2016: S1573
2017-2018: S3416
2019-2020: S4616
2021-2022: S5080

2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the NYS Triangle Shirtwaist fire 102nd anniversary commemoration commission to focus attention upon the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3242

TITLE OF BILL:  An act in relation to creating the New York state
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 103rd anniversary commemoration commission;
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  To create a temporary commission to
commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
fire.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Legislative Findings

Section 2. Creates the Commissions; Defines Terms

Section 3. Composition of Commission

Section 4. Employment

Section S. Assistance and Data

Section 6. Agreements

Section 7. Effective date

JUSTIFICATION:  Near closing time on Saturday afternoon, March 25,
1911, a fire broke out. One hundred forty six young immigrant women
were killed, unable to escape from their garment sweatshop one block
east of Washington Square Park. Most women could not escape the
burning building because the managers would lock the doors to the
stairwells and exits to keep workers from taking cigarette breaks
during their shifts. In an effort to escape the flames, sixty-two
persons died by jumping or falling from the ninth floor. The fire was
one of the largest industrial disasters in the history of New York.
The survivors were left to live and relive those agonizing moments.
The victims and their families, the people passing by who witnessed
the desperate leaps from ninth floor windows and the city of New York
would never be the same.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was located inside the Asch building,
now known as the Brown Building of Science. It has been designated as
a National Historic Landmark and a New York city landmark. The fire
led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and
helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union, which fought for better and safer working conditions for
sweatshop workers in that industry.

This event challenges not only the labor ethics of a century ago, but
those of today. The event highlighted the inhumane working conditions
to which industrial workers could be subjected. The New York state
legislature, appalled by the event, created a commission to
investigate conditions in the city's sweatshops. As a result, the
division of Fire prevention was created as part of the Fire
Department. Its function is to rid factories of fire hazards.


The victims of the tragedy are still celebrated as martyrs at the
hands of industrial greed. Celebrating this milestone gives New
Yorkers the opportunity to appreciate and reflect on our history. New
York state, its counties, cities, towns and villages may profit, both
culturally and economically, from the benefits of a statewide
commission to help organize, promote and fully implement a major
commemoration of the 103rd Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory fire.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011-2012: S.1819-A - Finance; A.3684-A -
Governmental Operations 2010: S.7236 Passed Senate
      A.10717 Referred to Governmental Operations

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Unknown.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Immediately, and shall expire on October 14, 2014.

2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3242

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT in relation to creating the New York  state  Triangle  Shirtwaist
  Fire 103rd anniversary commemoration commission; and providing for the
  repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby  finds  and
declares  there is a need to create a New York state Triangle Shirtwaist
Fire 103rd anniversary commemoration commission to focus attention  upon
the  103rd  anniversary  of the March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire,
during a commemoration period taking place March 25, 2013, through Octo-
ber 14, 2013, the anniversary of the date that the American  Society  of
Safety Engineers was founded as a result of the fire.
  2.  The  primary  focus of the New York state Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
103rd anniversary commemoration commission will be to plan  and  execute
an  organized series of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire educational and tourism
events. The tourism events will highlight the following key  sites:  the
site  of  the  Triangle  Shirtwaist Factory, Mount Richmond Cemetery and
Cemetery of the Evergreens.
  3. The legislature finds that the creation of a New York state  Trian-
gle Shirtwaist Fire 103rd anniversary commemoration commission is neces-
sary  to  bring  together  persons  qualified by experience or by powers
vested in them by their offices to  coordinate  and  facilitate  such  a
historically important event.
  S 2. New York state Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 103rd anniversary commem-
oration commission created. 1. There is hereby created a temporary state
commission  to  be known as the "New York state Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
103rd anniversary commemoration commission".

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06867-01-3

S. 3242                             2

  2. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Commission"  means  the  New
York  state  Triangle  Shirtwaist  Fire  103rd anniversary commemoration
commission created by this section.
  (b) "Historical interpreter" means a person who is a recognized member
of  a  duly  constituted  organization approved by the host site and who
participates in the main Triangle Shirtwaist Fire educational and  tour-
ism event for the year.
  3.  (a)  The commission shall consist of 13 members to be appointed as
follows: the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation
or his or her duly designated representative, the commissioner of educa-
tion or his or her duly designated representative, the  commissioner  of
economic  development  or his or her duly designated representative, the
commissioner of labor or his  or  her  duly  designated  representative,
representatives  from  the  International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
(ILGWU), New York University, the National Women's Hall  of  Fame,  Fire
Department  of  New  York, and the Fashion Institute of Technology, four
members of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire reenactment  community  of  whom
one  shall  be  appointed  by the temporary president of the senate, one
shall be appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  one  shall  be
appointed  by  the  minority  leader  of  the  senate  and  one shall be
appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.  The  commissioner  of
parks,  recreation  and  historic preservation or his or her duly desig-
nated representative shall serve as chairperson of the  commission.  The
13 appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing offi-
cial. Appointments shall be made within 60 days of the effective date of
this  act.  If  a  member misses three meetings his or her seat shall be
considered vacant. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided  for
in the original appointments.
  (b)  The  members  of the commission shall receive no compensation for
their services but shall be reimbursed for their  actual  and  necessary
expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
  (c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special
or  local  law,  ordinance, resolution or charter, no officer, member or
employee of the state or of any public corporation shall forfeit his  or
her  office or employment by reason of his or her acceptance of appoint-
ment as a member of the commission, nor shall service as such commission
member be deemed incompatible or in conflict with such office or employ-
ment.
  (d) The commission shall appoint such staff as  may  be  necessary  to
carry out its duties.
  S  3.  Powers  and duties of the commission. The commission shall have
the following powers and duties:
  1. To coordinate the commemoration of the  103rd  anniversary  of  the
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
  2.  To plan and execute an organized series of educational and tourism
events focusing on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, the founding of  Ameri-
can  Society  of Safety Engineers and the reinvigoration of the Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
  3. To promote Triangle Shirtwaist Fire educational studies  in  grades
kindergarten through 12 in New York state schools.
  S 4. Employment. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such
personnel as it may deem necessary for the performance of its functions.
The  commission may meet and hold public and private hearings within the
state, and shall have all the powers of a legislative committee pursuant
to the legislative law.

S. 3242                             3

  S 5. Assistance and data. The commission may request and shall receive
from any subdivision, department, board, commission, office, agency,  or
other  instrumentality of the state or any political subdivision thereof
such facilities, assistance and data as it deems necessary or  desirable
for  the proper execution of its powers and duties and to effectuate the
purposes set forth in this act.
  S 6. Agreements. The commission is hereby authorized and empowered  to
enter  into  any  agreements  and to do and perform any acts that may be
necessary, desirable or proper to carry out the purposes and  objectives
of this act.
  S  7.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed October 14, 2014.

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2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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