N.Y. Labor Law 224-F*2 – Workers on excavations
* § 224-f. Workers on excavations. 1. For the purposes of this section:
Terms Used In N.Y. Labor Law 224-F*2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Locality: means such areas of the state described and defined for a trade or occupation in the current collective bargaining agreements between bona fide labor organizations and employers of the private sector, performing public and private work. See N.Y. Labor Law 220
a. "Covered excavation project" shall mean construction work for which a permit may be issued to a contractor or subcontractor of a utility company by the state, a county or a municipality to use, excavate, or open a street. A "covered excavation project" shall exclude construction work for which a permit may be issued to a service provided as defined by subdivision twenty-three of § 1020-b of the public authorities law.
b. "Department of jurisdiction" shall mean the department of the state, board or officer in the state, or municipal corporation or commission or board appointed pursuant to law, whose duty it is to issue a permit to a utility company, or its contractors or subcontractors, for a covered excavation project.
c. "Fiscal officer" shall mean the commissioner; except for covered excavation projects performed pursuant to a permit issued by a city with a population in excess of one million in which case the "fiscal officer" shall be the comptroller or other analogous officer of such city.
d. "Utility company" shall have the same meaning as subdivision twenty-three of § 2 of the public service law.
2. Each contractor or subcontractor to a utility company shall be required to pay not less than the prevailing rate of wage in the same trade or occupation in the locality within the state where such covered excavation project is situated to each laborer, worker, or mechanic in the employ of the contractor or subcontractor to a utility company, performing work on the project in accordance with sections two hundred twenty and two hundred twenty-b of this article. No permit shall be issued for a covered excavation project until an agreement confirming the payment of wages as required by this section has been contractually mandated and filed with the department of jurisdiction, and all permits issued after the effective date of this section shall include therein a copy of this section.
3. The enforcement of any covered excavation project pursuant to this section shall be subject to the requirements of sections two hundred twenty, two hundred twenty-a, two hundred twenty-b, two hundred twenty-three and two hundred twenty-four-b of this article and section two hundred twenty-seven of this chapter and within the jurisdiction of the fiscal officer; provided, however, nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to construe any covered excavation project as otherwise being considered public work pursuant to this article.
4. The fiscal officer may issue rules and regulations governing the provisions of this section. Any violation of this section shall be grounds for determinations and orders pursuant to section two hundred twenty-b of this article.
* NB There are 2 § 224-f's