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NY A05608
Bill
Status
3/16/2023
Primary Sponsor
Karines Reyes
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "roadway excavation quality assurance act" requiring contractors and subcontractors to utility companies to pay prevailing wage rates for workers on covered excavation projects that require street use, excavation, or opening permits.
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Defines "covered excavation projects" as construction work requiring permits from state, county, or municipal authorities for utility contractors to use or excavate streets, excluding certain service provider projects.
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Mandates that no permit for a covered excavation project shall be issued until a wage payment agreement has been filed with the permitting department, and all permits must include a copy of this section.
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Requires contractors and subcontractors to maintain payroll records showing worker names, addresses, hours worked, occupations, hourly wage rates, and supplements paid in compliance with existing labor law prevailing wage requirements.
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Takes effect 30 days after enactment and applies to all construction contracts executed and permits issued on or after that date.
Legislative Description
Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"; relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use, excavate, or open a street is required to be issued.
Last Action
substituted by s4887
6/7/2023