Bill Text: NY A01594 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides coverage for certain physical fitness programs to volunteer firefighters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to local governments [A01594 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01594-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1594
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, GUNTHER -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation  to
         physical fitness programs
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph p of subdivision 1 of section 5 of the  volunteer
    2  firefighters'  benefit law, as added by chapter 614 of the laws of 1986,
    3  is amended to read as follows:
    4    p. While, within the state and pursuant to  orders  or  authorization,
    5  [instructing,  supervising,  being  instructed  or]  participating  in a
    6  [supervised] physical fitness [class, group session or program  for  the
    7  purpose  of  promoting  or  maintaining the performance of their duties]
    8  PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY AND  CONSISTING
    9  OF  INDIVIDUAL  OR GROUP TRAINING OR THE UTILIZATION OF FREE WEIGHTS AND
   10  CARDIOVASCULAR, STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY OR OTHER EQUIPMENT AND IS  LOCATED
   11  AT  A  FIREHOUSE  OR  ANY  OTHER  FACILITY THAT IS APPROVED BY SUCH FIRE
   12  DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING  OR  MAINTAINING
   13  THEIR  PHYSICAL  ABILITY TO PERFORM THE DUTIES ASSIGNED as firefighters,
   14  [as well as necessary travel to and necessary travel  from  such  activ-
   15  ity,]  but shall not include competitive sporting events in which volun-
   16  teer firefighters are competitors.
   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.
                                                                  LBD01755-01-5