Bill Text: NY A01376 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes certain organizations in a city of one million or more to be known as "fire patrols" under the not-for-profit corporation law and includes fire patrol vehicles as emergency vehicles under the vehicle and traffic law.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-05 - reported referred to rules [A01376 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A01376-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1376 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, TITONE, MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the operation of fire patrols; and provid- ing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 1413 to read as follows: 3 § 1413. Fire patrols. 4 (a) "Fire patrol" means any entity whose services include protecting 5 life and property through the safe and efficient means of modern salvage 6 and property damage mitigation techniques, of saving or reducing the 7 loss of property exposed to water, smoke or gasses, and thereby reducing 8 losses to property owners, and of other public benefits, including but 9 not limited to assisting fire departments or other public agencies in 10 the course of their respective duties when duly authorized thereby, 11 shall be governed by this chapter and shall be known as and may use the 12 term "fire patrol" or "fire patrols" to describe such entity. No other 13 entity shall use such terms. Any fire patrol incorporated on or after 14 April first, two thousand ten shall only operate within the boundaries 15 of Richmond county. 16 (b) Nothing in this chapter shall permit any fire patrol to operate 17 and provide emergency response services except in response to properties 18 located completely within the boundaries of Richmond county nor to oper- 19 ate as a successor in interest to any fire patrol incorporated or which 20 operated prior to April first, two thousand ten. 21 (c) Fire patrols, in the execution of their purposes, including but 22 not limited to assisting fire departments or other public agencies in 23 the course of their respective duties, shall have the power to enter any 24 building on fire or which may be exposed to or in danger of loss or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00253-01-7A. 1376 2 1 damage by fire, smoke or water, or in which property may be in danger of 2 loss or damage from fire, smoke or water, and to protect and endeavor to 3 save the property therein and, when necessary, to remove such property 4 or any part thereof; provided, however, that the officer of the fire 5 department or agency in charge at the scene of any fire or emergency 6 expressly permits the fire patrol to enter the property prior to such 7 entry and such entry does not interfere with the actions of the members 8 of the fire department or public agency to which the fire patrol is 9 rendering assistance, and the fire patrol shall in all respects and at 10 all times when rendering assistance to a fire department or public agen- 11 cy shall be subordinate to and under the control of the fire department 12 or public agency to which assistance is rendered. Nothing herein shall 13 limit or prohibit the fire patrol so operating to conduct educational 14 programs or other non-response activities consistent with its mission 15 and standing as a duly organized and recognized not-for-profit corpo- 16 ration in any other part of the state in addition to Richmond county. 17 § 2. Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 18 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 19 § 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle 20 or bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle, fire patrol vehicle, civil 21 defense emergency vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle, blood 22 delivery vehicle, county emergency medical services vehicle, environ- 23 mental emergency response vehicle, sanitation patrol vehicle, hazardous 24 materials emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal vehicle of the armed 25 forces of the United States. 26 § 3. The opening paragraph of section 115-a of the vehicle and traffic 27 law, as amended by chapter 176 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read 28 as follows: 29 Every vehicle operated for fire service purposes owned and identified 30 as being owned by the state, a public authority, a county, town, city, 31 village or fire district, or a fire corporation subject to the 32 provisions of [subdivision] paragraph (e) of section fourteen hundred 33 two of the not-for-profit corporation law [or], a fire company as 34 defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law or a fire 35 patrol as defined in paragraph (a) of section fourteen hundred thirteen 36 of the not-for-profit corporation law. Any of the following vehicles 37 shall be fire vehicles only for the purpose of section one hundred one 38 of this [chapter] article: 39 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 40 deemed repealed 5 years after such date.