Bill Text: NY S09192 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain entities with sports facilities that receive money from the state or a local government within the state to only contract with companies that pay their employees the minimum wage; defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-12 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S09192 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09192-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9192

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 12, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- 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 requiring certain entities
          with sports facilities that receive  money  from  the  state  to  only
          contract with companies that pay their employees the minimum wage

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  224-f  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  224-f.  Wage  requirements  for  certain companies contracting with
     4  sports facilities. 1. This section shall apply to  all  facilities  that
     5  host  sports  teams  and  that receive funding for the creation, upkeep,
     6  maintenance, or upgrades of such facility from: (a) any  unit  of  local
     7  government  within  the state of New York; or (b) the state of New York,
     8  including from any agency or authority.
     9    2. (a) For the purposes of this section "facility" shall mean:
    10    (i) stadiums, arenas,  or  other  structures  that  host  professional
    11  sports teams; and
    12    (ii)  other  public  events  and practice fields, or other areas where
    13  professional sports  teams  and  other  sports  teams  may  practice  or
    14  perform.
    15    (iii)  the  following types of property if such property is related to
    16  or located near the facility as defined in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of
    17  this paragraph:
    18    (1) offices, parking lots, garages,  monuments,  restaurants,  stores,
    19  and  other  facilities  and buildings that provide goods and services to
    20  persons attending events of any nature at the facility;
    21    (2) private roadways used to access any part of the facility; and
    22    (3) all other property or structures including fixtures,  furnishings,
    23  and appurtenances normally associated with such facilities.
    24    (b) "Professional sports teams," shall mean teams that play in profes-
    25  sional  leagues,  including  but  not  limited to teams that play in the
    26  national football league, national basketball association, major  league

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15804-01-2
        S. 9192                             2

     1  baseball,  and  the  national hockey league, as well as horse racing and
     2  tennis facilities.
     3    3.  No  contract  with  a  vendor  to provide food service, concession
     4  service, or drink service at a facility as defined in subdivision two of
     5  this section, nor any contract entered into by a third party  acting  in
     6  place  of,  on  behalf of and for the benefit of such facility, shall be
     7  entered into unless such vendor:
     8    (a) demonstrates that all employees, including those  employed  within
     9  the  facility  and  those  employed  in  positions outside the facility,
    10  including those of subsidiary companies, are paid  at  least  the  state
    11  minimum wage, with gratuities in addition; and
    12    (b)  stipulates  that  all employees employed at the facility they are
    13  contracting to provide services at shall be  paid  at  least  the  state
    14  minimum wage with any gratuities in addition.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.