Bill Text: NY A00400 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Entitles a volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker to certain benefits when such volunteer provides services when there is no jurisdictional officer in command present.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2013-12-18 - tabled [A00400 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00400-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  volunteer
         firefighter and volunteer ambulance worker response
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 209-i of the general municipal law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
    3    1-B.  IN  THE  EVENT THAT AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER
    4  AMBULANCE WORKER PROVIDES SERVICES UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
    5  WHEN THERE IS NO JURISDICTIONAL OFFICER IN COMMAND PRESENT, SUCH  VOLUN-
    6  TEER  FIREFIGHTER  OR  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
    7  COVERAGE UNDER THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW OR THE  VOLUNTEER
    8  AMBULANCE  WORKERS'  BENEFIT  LAW  DURING  THE  TIME  SUCH  SERVICES ARE
    9  RENDERED. COVERAGE UNDER THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW OR  THE
   10  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKERS'  BENEFIT LAW SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED IF THE
   11  FIRE COMPANY, AMBULANCE COMPANY OR  MUNICIPALITY  THE  VOLUNTEER  SERVES
   12  ADOPTS  A  RESOLUTION  PROHIBITING  COVERAGE  FOR  THE PROVISION OF SUCH
   13  SERVICES. UPON ARRIVAL OF A  JURISDICTIONAL  OFFICER  IN  COMMAND,  SUCH
   14  OFFICER  SHALL  ACCEPT  OR  DECLINE  FURTHER  SERVICES AT WHICH TIME THE
   15  VOLUNTEER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO BENEFITS  IN  THE  MANNER  SET  FORTH  IN
   16  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01508-01-3