Bill Text: NY S03850 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the New York state thruway authority to reimburse municipalities, volunteer fire companies and volunteer ambulance companies for expenses incurred in rendering fire, police or other emergency services on the thruway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S03850 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03850-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3850
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 7, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. OPPENHEIMER, DIAZ, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered
         printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
         portation
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
         New York state thruway authority to reimburse  municipalities,  volun-
         teer  fire  companies  or  volunteer  ambulance  companies for certain
         expenses
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  360 of the public authorities law, as amended by
    2  chapter 766 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 360. Operation and maintenance. 1. Operation and maintenance by  the
    4  authority of any thruway section or connection or any part thereof or of
    5  a  highway  connection,  the New York state canal system of which it has
    6  assumed jurisdiction shall be performed (a)  by  the  use  of  authority
    7  forces  and equipment at the expense of the authority or by agreement at
    8  the expense of the state or other parties; (b) by contract with  munici-
    9  palities  or independent contractors; (c) at the request of the authori-
   10  ty, by the commissioner and his subordinates in the department of trans-
   11  portation as agents for, and at the expense of the authority, or (d)  by
   12  a combination of such methods.
   13    2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL, FURTHER, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO A
   14  MUNICIPALITY,  VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY FOR
   15  POLICE, FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES RENDERED BY  ANY  SUCH  MUNICI-
   16  PALITY,  VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY  OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY   AS A
   17  RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT ON SUCH THRUWAY, WHERE THE COST TO THE
   18  SUBJECT MUNICIPALITY, VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY  OR  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE
   19  COMPANY   FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT OR INCI-
   20  DENT IS IN EXCESS OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. FOR THE PURPOSES HEREOF,
   21  THE VALUE OF SERVICES FOR A PARTICULAR ACCIDENT  OR  INCIDENT  SHALL  BE
   22  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  SUBJECT  MUNICIPALITY,  VOLUNTEER  FIRE COMPANY OR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06043-01-1
       S. 3850                             2
    1  VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY, BY CONSIDERATION OF SALARIES, BENEFITS  AND
    2  TIME  OF PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TOGETHER WITH PRO RATA EXPENSES OF PRODUCTS,
    3  VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT UTILIZED.  STATEMENTS OF QUALIFYING CLAIMS  SHALL
    4  BE  SUBMITTED  BY  THE MUNICIPALITY, VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR VOLUNTEER
    5  AMBULANCE COMPANY  TO THE AUTHORITY WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE
    6  OF THE INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.