Bill Text: NY S07009 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7009 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires training of fire officers in a city with a population of one million or more; requires field training and classroom instruction in the fire and building codes and any relevant local ordinances of such city by July 1, 2015.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-11-21 - VETOED MEMO.521 [S07009 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07009-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7009
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 11, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  training  of
         fire officers in cities of one million or more
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.   The general municipal law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 209-ff to read as follows:
    3    S  209-FF. TRAINING OF FIRE OFFICERS. IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
    4  ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH CITY,  IN  COORDINATION
    5  WITH  THE  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT  OF  SUCH CITY, SHALL NO LATER THAN JULY
    6  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, PROVIDE TO ALL FIRE OFFICERS OF  SUCH  CITY
    7  AT  LEAST FORTY HOURS OF FIELD TRAINING AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN THE
    8  FIRE CODE OF SUCH CITY AND AT LEAST FORTY HOURS OF  FIELD  TRAINING  AND
    9  CLASSROOM  INSTRUCTION  IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LOCAL
   10  ORDINANCES OF SUCH CITY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE  INSPECTION  DUTIES  OF
   11  FIRE  OFFICERS  AND  ANY PERTINENT CHANGES IN SUCH DUTIES RESULTING FROM
   12  THE ENACTMENT OF, OR ANY AMENDMENT TO ANY OF SUCH CODES THAT TOOK EFFECT
   13  ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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