Bill Text: NY A06663 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6663 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; furthermore, such participants may not enter a burning structure.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 15-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to local governments [A06663 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06663-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6663
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 12, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. OAKS, BARCLAY, CORWIN, HAWLEY, JORDAN, MONTESANO
         -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  CROUCH,  DUPREY,  FINCH,  GIGLIO,
         MAGEE, McKEVITT, PALMESANO, REILICH, SALADINO, WEISENBERG -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
       AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to participants
         in youth programs sponsored by fire departments
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of section 204-b of the general municipal
    2  law, as added by chapter 386 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read  as
    3  follows:
    4    5. All activities of participants in such program shall be approved in
    5  advance by the chief, or his OR HER designee. [No activities may include
    6  emergency  duties  in  connection  with  fire department or fire company
    7  operations or any other hazardous activity.] PARTICIPANTS MAY RESPOND TO
    8  AN EMERGENCY OR HAZARDOUS ACTIVITY, BUT SHALL REMAIN IN A DESIGNATED  OR
    9  MARKED  OFF AREA THAT HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE CHIEF OR OFFICER IN CHARGE.
   10  SUCH PARTICIPANT CANNOT RESPOND TO  AN  EMERGENCY  ON  A  VEHICLE  USING
   11  LIGHTS  AND/OR  SIRENS.   FURTHERMORE, SUCH PARTICIPANTS MAY NOT ENTER A
   12  BURNING STRUCTURE NOR SHALL PARTICIPANTS IN A YOUTH PROGRAM PURSUANT  TO
   13  THIS  SECTION  FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION OF ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
   14  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01653-01-3