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History
- Referred to labor
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 37–24
- Ordered to third reading cal.1014
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Reported and committed to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Committee discharged and committed to codes
- Referred to finance
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Title of bill
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the whistleblower empowerment and notification act and to repeal section 1269-g of the public authorities law relating to requiring certain contractors to post information on employee rights
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that employees of contractors and subcontractors that receive significant amounts of government funds are notified of their legal rights and the potential rewards for reporting fraud and illegal conduct.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Entitles the bill the "Whistleblower Empowerment and Notification Act."
Section 2: Adds a new article 13-A in state finance law so that contractors and grantees that receive over $300,000 in state or local government funds are required to notify employees, including management, of the following:
(a) the telephone numbers of (i) the public integrity bureau or fraud hotline of the attorney-general of the state; (ii) the inspector general, if any, of the state or local government agency or authority paying the funds; and (iii) the department of investigation of any city with a population of one million or more if the subject funds or property are paid, to be paid or received or to be received by such city;
(b) conduct prohibited by section one hundred eighty-nine of state finance law related to defrauding the state or a local government;
(c) how to file an action on behalf of the state or a local government to recover funds or property lost due to fraud, and of the potential for cash awards for filing such an action;
(d) describe the prohibitions against employer retaliation specified in section one hundred ninety-one of state finance law and section seven hundred forty of the labor law.
Entities subjected to federal requirements to provide similar information to employees are exempted from article 13-A.
Failure of a contractor or grantee to comply with article 13-A will subject them to a civil penalty no greater than $5,000.
Section 3: Repeals section 1269-g of the public authorities law, which requires MTA contractors to notify employees of similar information.
Section 4: Sets the effective date 180 days after it shall become law.
Justification
The purpose of the bill is to ensure that workers know their legal rights for reporting fraud or illegal conduct to the proper authorities.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Current law
Section 1269-g of the public authorities law requires MTA contractors to notify employees of their whistleblower rights. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : This bill has no fiscal implications, but should result in increased civil recoveries against parties who have defrauded the state and local governments.
Effective date
This bill would be effective 180 days after passage.
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