[HISTORY: Adopted by the Rockland County Legislature 2-18-2003
by L.L. No. 5-2003. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Procurement policy — See Ch. 140.
The County of Rockland hereby establishes a policy to promote apprenticeship
training as authorized by § 816-b of the New York Labor Law.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Shall be as defined in New York State Labor Law Article 23.
Any contract to which the County of Rockland shall be signatory which
involves the construction, reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, installation,
alteration, renovation, demolition or otherwise providing for any building,
facility or physical structure of any kind with a value in excess of $250,000.
A contractor or subcontractor which directly employs labor under
a construction contract for which an apprenticeship program has been approved
by the New York State Commissioner of Labor in accordance with Article 23
of the New York Labor Law.
A.
The County of Rockland hereby requires any contractor,
prior to entering into a construction contract with the County of Rockland
or any subcontractor entering into a contract with a contractor who has a
construction contract with the County of Rockland, to have apprenticeship
agreements appropriate for the type and scope of work to be performed, which
have been registered with, and approved by, the New York State Commissioner
of Labor in accordance with Article 23 of the New York Labor Law, anything
in § 103 of the New York General Municipal Law to the contrary notwithstanding.
B.
A subcontractor who is entitled to receive less than
$25,000 from a construction contract is exempt from having an apprenticeship
program.
The County Purchasing Department is hereby authorized, empowered and
directed to promulgate such rules and regulations that are lawful, necessary
and appropriate for the implementation and enforcement of any provisions of
this chapter.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of
this chapter or the application thereof, to any person, individual, corporation,
firm, partnership, entity or circumstance, shall be adjudged by any court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or
judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but
shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraphs, subdivision,
section or part of this chapter or in its application to the person, individual,
corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or circumstance, directly involved
in the controversy in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.
This chapter shall apply to construction contracts advertised for bids
on or after the effective date.
This chapter shall become effective 90 days after its filing in the
office of the Secretary of State pursuant to § 27 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law.
