Bill Text: NY A07449 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that a participant in a service award program who attains the entitlement age shall continue to be eligible to earn additional credits for continued service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to local governments [A07449 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A07449-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7449
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 17, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to continued
service credit for volunteer firefighters in volunteer firefighters'
service award programs
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 217 of the general municipal law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (p) to read as follows:
3 (P) A PARTICIPANT IN A SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM WHO ATTAINS THE AGE WHERE
4 HE OR SHE IS ENTITLED TO BENEFITS UNDER SUCH PROGRAM AND ELECTS TO
5 RECEIVE SUCH BENEFITS SHALL CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO EARN ADDITIONAL
6 CREDITS FOR EACH CONTINUED YEAR OF SERVICE AND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO
7 RECEIVE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS FOR SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDITS EARNED.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10069-01-3
