Assembly Bill A606

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the chair of the workers' compensation board to remove certain employers from such board's debarment list

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A606 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8908
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §141-b, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9484
2015-2016: A4393
2019-2020: A632
2021-2022: A5176

2017-A606 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the chair of the workers' compensation board to remove certain employers from such board's debarment list.

2017-A606 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    606
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. STIRPE, MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to  authoriz-
   ing  the  chair  of  the workers' compensation board to remove certain
   employers from such board's debarment list

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  opening  paragraph  of section 141-b of the workers'
 compensation law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2  is
 added to read as follows:
   2. A. THE CHAIR MAY, IN HIS OR HER DISCRETION, REINSTATE THE ELIGIBIL-
 ITY  OF AN EMPLOYER WHO, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, IS
 OTHERWISE INELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT A BID ON OR BE AWARDED  ANY  PUBLIC  WORK
 CONTRACT  OR  SUBCONTRACT  WITH  THE STATE, ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR
 PUBLIC BODY, IF THE EMPLOYER HAS:
   (I) NEVER PREVIOUSLY BEEN PLACED ON THE DEBARMENT LIST;
   (II) NOT BEEN FOUND LIABLE FOR ANY UNINSURED CLAIMS UNDER  THIS  CHAP-
 TER; AND
   (III)  PAID  ALL  FINES,  PENALTIES AND ASSESSMENTS THAT RESULTED FROM
 SUCH EMPLOYER'S  FAILURE  TO  SECURE  COMPENSATION  TO  SUCH  EMPLOYER'S
 EMPLOYEES AS REQUIRED BY THIS CHAPTER.
   B.  NOTHING SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL REQUIRE
 THE CHAIR TO REINSTATE THE ELIGIBILITY OF AN EMPLOYER WHO  HAS  MET  THE
 CONDITIONS  SET  FORTH  IN  SUCH  PARAGRAPH IF THE CHAIR DETERMINES THAT
 REINSTATING THE ELIGIBILITY OF SUCH EMPLOYER IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST
 OF THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04739-01-7

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