Bill Text: NY A10438 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-5)
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-17 - SIGNED CHAP.113 [A10438 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10438-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-5)
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-17 - SIGNED CHAP.113 [A10438 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10438-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10438 IN ASSEMBLY May 11, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Thiele, Stern) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the determi- nation of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency and authorizing service award program sponsors to adjust certain point systems when such sponsor adopts written emergency response protocols 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 two new subdivisions (p) and (q) to read as follows: 3 (p) For purposes of determining total points earned for a calendar 4 year, an active volunteer firefighter service award program may provide 5 for the crediting of five additional points per month, prorated for 6 periods of less than one month, to each active participant for each 7 month that special emergency response rules were in place restricting 8 firefighter responses to emergency responses and/or restricting the 9 holding of activities for which points could be earned due to guidelines 10 related to a state disaster emergency, as such term is defined in 11 section twenty of the executive law, declared pursuant to executive 12 order two hundred two of two thousand twenty, as amended, to address the 13 outbreak of novel coronavirus, COVID-19. 14 (q) The program sponsor may make adjustments to the point system cate- 15 gory entitled "participation in department responses" in the event that 16 such program sponsor adopts written emergency response protocols setting 17 different emergency response requirements for the fire department, fire 18 companies, squads and units thereof such that certain participants are 19 not permitted to respond and restricted from responding to all non-emer- 20 gency rescue and first aid squad calls and/or all emergency rescue and 21 first aid squad calls. Such restrictions on response may relate to 22 determinations made by the district physician as to the duties that may 23 be assigned to certain personnel. In the event that the program sponsor 24 adopts different response requirements for different groups, partic- 25 ipants in those groups shall be required to respond to the minimum EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16211-05-0A. 10438 2 1 number of emergency calls assigned to their group by applying the 2 percentage provided for in paragraph (vi) of subdivision (c) of this 3 section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section two hundred sixteen 4 of this article, a point system amendment to address written emergency 5 response protocols may be adopted by the affirmative vote of at least 6 sixty percent of such governing board, without referendum. Such amend- 7 ment shall only take effect as of the first day of January next succeed- 8 ing completion of the proceedings required for adoption of the amendment 9 and shall only apply prospectively unless the new written emergency 10 response protocol is adopted in order to address a state disaster emer- 11 gency, as such term is defined in section twenty of the executive law, 12 and applicable to the county or counties in which the fire department 13 operates, in which case such amendment may be applied in the year 14 adopted. 15 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 219-e of the general municipal law is 16 amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows: 17 (k) For purposes of determining total points earned for a calendar 18 year an active volunteer ambulance worker award program may provide for 19 the crediting of five additional points per month, prorated for periods 20 of less than one month, to each active participant for each month that 21 special emergency response rules were in place restricting ambulance 22 workers responses to emergency responses and/or restricting the holding 23 of activities for which points could be earned due to guidelines related 24 to the state disaster emergency, as such term is defined in section 25 twenty of the executive law, declared pursuant to executive order two 26 hundred two of two thousand twenty, as amended, to address the outbreak 27 of novel coronavirus, COVID-19. 28 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 219-m of the general municipal law is 29 amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows: 30 (k) For purposes of determining total points earned for a calendar 31 year an active volunteer ambulance worker award program may provide for 32 the crediting of five additional points per month, prorated for periods 33 of less than one month, to each active participant for each month that 34 special emergency response rules were in place restricting ambulance 35 workers responses to emergency responses and/or restricting the holding 36 of activities for which points could be earned due to guidelines related 37 to the state disaster emergency, as such term is defined in section 38 twenty of the executive law, declared pursuant to executive order two 39 hundred two of two thousand twenty, as amended, to address the outbreak 40 of novel coronavirus, COVID-19. 41 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
