Bill > S08774

This bill modifies existing labor laws concerning elevator mechanics and accessibility lift technicians by allowing the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the elevator safety board, to determine when there is a verifiable shortage of licensed mechanics, which can then be used to issue temporary licenses to apprentices with at least four thousand hours of experience, extending the validity of these temporary licenses to ninety days and making them renewable as long as the shortage persists, while also empowering the commissioner to set fees for these licenses. Additionally, the bill clarifies continuing education requirements for elevator mechanics and accessibility lift technicians, with the board making recommendations to the commissioner on training programs and the commissioner establishing and reviewing these requirements annually, and it authorizes the commissioner to impose civil penalties of up to ten thousand dollars for each violation of employing or using unlicensed mechanics, with penalties doubling to twenty thousand dollars for repeat offenses, and requires the commissioner to report these violations quarterly to the board. Finally, the bill repeals certain provisions of the labor law related to elevator and conveyance inspections and delays the effective date of these changes to 180 days after becoming law, with some sections taking effect immediately.

Labor and Employment

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8774