Bill Text: NY S01609 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides immunity from administrative action against New York city fire officers who, due to lack of training, are effectively unable to properly conduct building inspections.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01609 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01609-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1609--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities --  recom-
          mitted  to  the  Committee on Cities in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
          sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to providing
          immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire
          officers
          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-fff to read as follows:
     3    § 209-fff. Liability of fire officers. In any city with  a  population
     4  of one million or more, the fire officers of the fire department of such
     5  city  shall  be immune from administrative liability relating to any act
     6  or omission which may be attributable to the failure of the fire depart-
     7  ment of such city to provide training to such officers in regard to  the
     8  building  and construction codes and local ordinances of such city, with
     9  an emphasis on the inspection duties of fire officers, and any pertinent
    10  changes in such duties resulting from the enactment of or any  amendment
    11  to any of such codes on or after July first, two thousand eight.
    12    § 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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