Bill Text: NY A10353 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to training of city firefighters promoted to first-line supervisor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-16 - referred to local governments [A10353 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10353-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10353
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 16, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI -- (at request of the Division of
          Homeland Security and Emergency Services) -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Local Governments
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  training  of
          city firefighters promoted to a first-line supervisor
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 209-x of the general municipal  law,  as  added  by
     2  chapter 667 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  209-x.  Training  of certain paid city firemen promoted to a first-
     4  line supervisory position.
     5    1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law
     6  or charter to the contrary,  any  officer  of  a  paid  fire  department
     7  promoted  to  a  first-line  supervisory  position after passing a civil
     8  service examination shall, on and after April  first,  nineteen  hundred
     9  eighty-five,  attend  a  training  program,  approved  by the state fire
    10  administrator, not to exceed four weeks, in fire supervision [at the New
    11  York city fire academy] in accordance with rules and regulations promul-
    12  gated pursuant to article six-C of the executive law.
    13    2. The expenses incurred in furnishing such  program  in  fire  super-
    14  vision  to  an officer referred to in subdivision one hereof[, including
    15  the furnishing of meals and lodging at such academy,] shall be  paid  by
    16  the  city  of New York for first-line supervisor training, including the
    17  furnishing of meals and lodging at  the  New  York  city  fire  academy.
    18  Reasonable  travel  expenses incurred by said officer shall also be paid
    19  by said city but only if such travel  expense  would  not  otherwise  be
    20  incurred by said officer in the regular course of this employment.
    21    3.  The  expenses  incurred  by  the city of New York pursuant to this
    22  section shall be reimbursed by the state, except that expenses  incurred
    23  by  such city in excess of one million dollars and directly attributable
    24  to training any officers of such city's fire  department  shall  not  be
    25  subject to state reimbursement.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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