New York A 2356: Increases the number of members on the farm laborers wage board from three to five

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A02356 Summary:

BILL NOA02356 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03541

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SPONSORHawley

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COSPNSRDeStefano, DiPietro, Gallahan, Giglio, Lemondes, Manktelow, Molitor, Tague, Blankenbush

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MLTSPNSRAngelino

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Amd §674-a, Lab L

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Increases the number of members on the farm laborers wage board from three to five; adds as members the commissioner of agriculture and markets and a member appointed by the Dean of the Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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BILL NOA02356 

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01/16/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2356

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to increasing the number of
 members on the farm laborers wage board from three to five

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 674-a of the labor law, as
 2 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read to as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Wage board. The commissioner shall hereby convene a farm laborers
 5 wage board. The wage board shall be comprised of [three] five members:
 6 one representative of the farm bureau, one representative of the New
 7 York State AFL-CIO, the commissioner of agriculture and markets, one
 8 member appointed by the Dean of Cornell University's College of Agricul-
 9 ture and Life Sciences (CALS) and one member appointed by the commis-
 10 sioner, who shall be selected from the general public and designated as
 11 chairperson. The wage board shall hold its first hearing no later than
 12 March first, two thousand twenty. The members of the board shall not
 13 receive a salary or other compensation, but shall be paid actual and
 14 necessary traveling expenses while engaged in the performance of their
 15 duties.
 16 2. Organization. [Two-thirds] Three-fifths of the members of the board
 17 shall constitute a quorum. The chairperson may from time to time formu-
 18 late rules governing the manner in which the wage board shall function
 19 and perform its duties under this article.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 21 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01819-01-5

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