N.Y. Labor Law 225-A – General requirements making applicable certain provisions of article eight and providing for enforcement thereof
§ 225-a. General requirements making applicable certain provisions of article eight and providing for enforcement thereof. All work of every kind to which the preceding section is applicable shall hereafter be subject to application of all the provisions of sections two hundred and twenty, two hundred and twenty-one and two hundred and twenty-two of article eight of this chapter. Every contract hereafter entered into for such elimination work shall require compliance with the regulations of such sections. If the fiscal officer as defined herein finds that in the performance of any such elimination work that any person contracting with the state, a municipal corporation, board, any commission appointed pursuant to law, their agent or other person carrying on such work to which state funds are applied for payment fails to comply with or evades the provisions of this section, he shall present evidence of such non-compliance or evasion to the officer, department, board or commission having charge of such work for enforcement. Wherein such evidence indicates a non-compliance or evasion on the part of a sub-contractor, the contractor shall be responsible for such non-compliance or evasion. It shall be the duty of any officer, department, board or commission in charge of the construction of such grade crossing elimination contracts to enforce the provisions of this article.
Terms Used In N.Y. Labor Law 225-A
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.