New York S 1997: Relates to the protection of the health, safety and employment rights of employees suffering employment loss as the result of the sale or closure of a coal electric generation facility

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S01997 Summary:

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Add §28, Pub Serv L; amd §§860-a, 860-b, 860-g & 860-h, add §860-j, Lab L; amd §206, Pub Health L

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Requires certain notices, procedures and approvals prior to the sale or closure of a coal electric generation facility; requires extensive health screening of all employees contractors and subcontractors working at such plant, requires a retraining program for affected employees of mass layoffs.

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1997

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, the labor law and the public
 health law, in relation to the protection of the health, safety and
 employment rights of employees suffering employment loss as the result
 of the sale or closure of coal electric plants

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "coal electric plant closing workers' protection act".
 3 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 28 to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 28. Coal electric plants; closure or sale plan. 1. Not less than
 6 eighteen months prior to the closure or sale of a coal electric plant,
 7 the electric corporation owning, operating or managing such plant shall
 8 submit to the department a plan detailing the process for the closure or
 9 sale of the coal electric plant. Such plan shall include (a) details and
 10 specifics on the electric corporation's plan to comply with article
 11 twenty-five-A of the labor law as they apply to coal electric plants,
 12 and (b) a workforce retention component which shall utilize the existing
 13 labor force during the closure and decommissioning period. The workforce
 14 retention component shall include provisions that any construction work
 15 which may be performed during the closure and decommissioning period,
 16 shall be performed pursuant to a project labor agreement, as defined in
 17 section two hundred twenty-two of the labor law, entered into with a
 18 bona fide building and construction trades labor organization having
 19 jurisdiction over the scope of work to be performed. In addition, every
 20 plan submitted pursuant to this section shall be in such form and
 21 contain such information as the department shall determine to be neces-
 22 sary and proper. For purposes of this section, "construction work"
 23 shall include, but not be limited to, any demolition, reconstruction,
 24 excavation, rehabilitation, repair, installation, renovation or alter-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00788-02-5

 S. 1997 2

 1 ation, which is customarily performed by a building and construction
 2 trades organization.
 3 2. No coal electric plant shall be closed or sold unless:
 4 (a) the plan submitted pursuant to subdivision one of this section, or
 5 an amended version of such plan as may be required by the department,
 6 shall have been approved by the department;
 7 (b) after the approval of such plan pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
 8 subdivision, the affected employees shall have been provided notice of
 9 employment loss, as required by section eight hundred sixty-b of the
 10 labor law, not less than one year prior to such closure or sale;
 11 (c) the plan approved pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision is
 12 included as a material term of every contract and plan relating to the
 13 closure or sale of the electric plant; and
 14 (d) the department has granted its approval of every contract or plan
 15 providing for the sale or closure of the