New York A 10769: Requires the division for small-business to publish a small business compliance guide

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A10769 Summary:

BILL NOA10769A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBerger

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §7-7.1, EPT L; amd §151, Lab L

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Enhances protections for child performer trust accounts; establishes how much gross earnings shall be set aside for such child performer.

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BILL NOA10769A

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04/01/2026referred to judiciary

04/07/2026amend and recommit to judiciary

04/07/2026print number 10769a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10769--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law and the labor law, in
 relation to child performer protections

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

 1 Section 1. Section 7-7.1 of the estates, powers and trusts law, as
 2 added by chapter 630 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 7-7.1 Child performer trust account
 4 1. Scope. This section applies to contracts pursuant to which a child
 5 performer:
 6 (a) is employed or agrees to render artistic or creative services for
 7 a fee, either directly or through a third-party individual or personal
 8 services corporation (loan-out company), or through an agency or service
 9 that provides artistic or creative services (casting agency); and
 10 (b) agrees to purchase, or otherwise secure, sell, lease, or otherwise
 11 dispose of literary, musical, or dramatic properties, or use of a
 12 person's likeness, voice recording, performance, or story of or inci-
 13 dents in [his or her] their life, either tangible or intangible, or any
 14 other rights therein for use in motion pictures, television, the
 15 production of sound recordings in any format now known or hereafter
 16 devised, the legitimate or living stage, or otherwise in the enter-
 17 tainment field.
 18 2. Establishment of child performer trust account. (a) Employer.
 19 Within thirty days following the final day of employment, except when
 20 the performance contract is a period longer than thirty days, a child
 21 performer's employer is required to transfer [fifteen percent] a
 22 percentage of the child performer's gross earnings [to] in accordance
 23 with the [custodian of the child performer's child performer trust
 24 account] following tiered structure:
 25 (i) twenty percent of gross earnings up to and including one hundred
 26 thousand dollars;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13626-04-6

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 1 (ii) twenty-five percent of gross earnings between one hundred thou-
 2 sand one dollars and two hundred fifty thousand dollars; and
 3 (iii) thirty percent of gross earnings exceeding two hundred fifty
 4 thousand one dollars.
 5 (b) In any calendar year in which a child performer's gross earnings
 6 subject to this section exceeds sixty-five thousand dollars, the custo-
 7 dian shall prepare a written accounting of the child performer trust
 8 account, which shall include the child performer's gross earnings from
 9 employment subject to this section, any expenses deducted from such
 10 earnings, deposits made pursuant to this section, and the balance of the
 11 trust account, and shall file such accounting documentation with a court
 12 of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of creating a record of the
 13 administration of the child performer trust account. A copy of such
 14 accounting shall be provided to the child performer's parent or legal
 15 guardian and shall be made available to the department of labor upon
 16 request. When the employment is longer than thirty days, the employer
 17 shall make the required transfer every payroll period. Transfers must
 18 conform with part six of this article. The use of an instrument to make
 19 the transfer which substantially conforms with section 7-6.9 is suffi-
 20 cient. If the c