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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2730--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, TAPIA, GLICK, LEVENBERG, STERN, CONRAD,
DeSTEFANO, BRABENEC, SLATER, LUNSFORD, REYES, WOERNER, KASSAY -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring contractors and
subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable
energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 224-d of the labor law, as added
by chapter 375 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
8. [Any] A COVERED RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM SHALL REQUIRE ALL CONTRAC-
TORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS PERFORMING CONSTRUCTION WORK TO USE APPRENTICE-
SHIP AGREEMENTS, AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND
ANY thermal energy network covered by this section shall ADDITIONALLY
require [all] SUCH contractors and subcontractors [performing
construction work] to use [apprenticeship agreements, as defined by
article twenty-three of this chapter, with] pre-apprenticeship direct
entry providers registered with the department.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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