Bill Text: NY A05575 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5575 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the secretary of state to issue World Trade Center distinguished unit citations to qualifying police, fire, and emergency medical services units; those units are units that responded on 9-11-01 or participated in rescue and recovery operation on subsequent dates; provides that the citations shall have a component for the unit and a component for the members; provides that units shall be recognized at the smallest organizational level, e.g., precinct, company, squad, firehouse, etc.; provides that deceased members shall be eligible for posthumous awards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - enacting clause stricken [A05575 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05575-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5575
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 23, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. TOWNS, STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
         A. PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Governmental
         Operations
       AN  ACT  to  provide for the issuance of unit citations to police, fire,
         and emergency medical services units that responded to  the  terrorist
         attacks  on  the  World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and partic-
         ipated in the rescue and recovery operations on succeeding dates
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  World  Trade  Center distinguished unit citations. a. The
    2  secretary of state shall issue World  Trade  Center  distinguished  unit
    3  citations to qualifying units. Such citation shall consist of two compo-
    4  nents:  (1)  a  suitable banner, plaque, citation, or other device, or a
    5  combination thereof, to be issued to a qualifying unit and (2)  a  suit-
    6  able  badge,  medal,  emblem,  or patch to be issued to all members of a
    7  qualifying unit at  the  time  the  unit  rendered  World  Trade  Center
    8  service.  Such  second  component  shall  be  issued posthumously to all
    9  deceased members of a qualifying unit who were members  thereof  at  the
   10  time the unit rendered World Trade Center service.
   11    b. For the purposes of this act:
   12    (1)  "World  Trade  Center  service"  means service at the World Trade
   13  Center on September 11, 2001 and participation in  rescue  and  recovery
   14  operations thereat on succeeding dates.
   15    (2)  A  "qualifying unit" is a group of police officers, firefighters,
   16  or emergency medical services personnel, whether professional or  volun-
   17  teer,  whose  members  rendered  World  Trade Center service. Qualifying
   18  units shall be designated on the basis of  the  smallest  organizational
   19  unit  that  rendered such service, e.g., precinct, company, squad, fire-
   20  house, etc.
   21    c. The secretary of state is authorized to do all things necessary  or
   22  convenient  to  carry  out the provisions of this act and is entitled to
   23  receive all reasonable cooperation therein as the secretary of state may
   24  require from all state agencies.
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09646-01-1