Bill Text: NY A09373 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to reimbursement for the response costs of certain municipalities or district corporations which are duly authorized to provide emergency services, emergency medical services, or general ambulance services.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to local governments [A09373 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A09373-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9373
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 6, 2010
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  reimbursement
         for  the  response  costs of certain municipalities or district corpo-
         rations which are duly authorized to provide emergency services, emer-
         gency medical services, or general ambulance services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
    2  section 209-ff to read as follows:
    3    S 209-FF.  REIMBURSEMENT  FOR  RESPONSE  COSTS  OF  MUNICIPALITIES  OR
    4  DISTRICT  CORPORATIONS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EMERGENCY SERVICES.
    5  THE STATE SHALL COMPENSATE, IN  WHOLE  OR  IN  PART,  MUNICIPALITIES  OR
    6  DISTRICT  CORPORATIONS  DULY  AUTHORIZED  TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES,
    7  EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OR GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR SUCH EMER-
    8  GENCY SERVICES PROVIDED ON INTERSTATE SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR,  THE  SAW
    9  MILL  RIVER  PARKWAY AND ANY OTHER STATE HIGHWAY WHICH PASSES THROUGH OR
   10  IS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWNS OF SOMERS, BEDFORD, LEWISBORO, MT. KISCO,  NEW
   11  CASTLE,  NORTH CASTLE, NORTH SALEM AND POUND RIDGE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
   12  SECTION, RESPONSE COSTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THOSE NECESSARY AND  REASON-
   13  ABLE  COSTS  WHICH ARE DIRECTLY INCURRED IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC EMER-
   14  GENCY. STATEMENTS OF QUALIFYING CLAIMS SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED  BY  MUNICI-
   15  PALITIES  OR  DISTRICT CORPORATIONS DULY AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY
   16  SERVICES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OR GENERAL AMBULANCE  SERVICES  TO
   17  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH SERVICES WERE
   18  PROVIDED. IN NO EVENT  SHALL  A  MUNICIPALITY  OR  DISTRICT  CORPORATION
   19  RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION UNTIL SUCH
   20  MUNICIPALITY  OR DISTRICT CORPORATION HAS EXHAUSTED ALL RIGHTS OF RECOV-
   21  ERY FROM OTHER SOURCES. THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  HAS  THE  AUTHORITY  TO
   22  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  REGARDING  SUBMISSION OF CLAIMS AND
   23  STATE REIMBURSEMENT OF RESPONSE COSTS.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   25  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the state  comptroller
   26  is  authorized to adopt, amend and promulgate such rules and regulations
   27  as may be necessary and desirable to effectuate the provisions  of  this
   28  act.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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