Bill Text: NY S04253 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the reimbursement of services by volunteer ambulance companies and volunteer fire companies for calls within the Palisades Interstate Park.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S04253 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04253-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4253
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 11, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
         Parks and Recreation
       AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
         relation  to certain reimbursements for the provision of ambulance and
         fire response
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 9.05 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
    2  vation law is amended by  adding  a  new  subdivision  3-a  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    3-A.  REIMBURSE ANY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
    5  SION TWO OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKERS'  BENEFIT
    6  LAW  OR  ANY  VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
    7  SECTION THREE  OF  THE  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS'  BENEFIT  LAW  FOR  THE
    8  PROVISION  OF  ANY  FIRE  OR  OTHER  EMERGENCY SERVICES RENDERED BY SUCH
    9  VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY OR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IN  THE  PALISADES
   10  INTERSTATE  PARK  BY  SUCH  AMBULANCE  COMPANY  OR FIRE COMPANY. FOR THE
   11  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE VALUE OF  SERVICES  FOR  A  PARTICULAR
   12  ACCIDENT  OR  INCIDENT  SHALL  BE ESTABLISHED BY THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE
   13  COMPANY OR THE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY,  BY  CONSIDERATION  OF  SALARIES,
   14  BENEFITS  AND  TIME  OF  PERSONNEL  ASSIGNED  TOGETHER WITH THE PRO RATA
   15  EXPENSES OF PRODUCTS, VEHICLES AND  EQUIPMENT  UTILIZED.  STATEMENTS  OF
   16  QUALIFYING  CLAIMS SHALL BE SUBMITTED BY THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY
   17  OR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO THE COMMISSION WITHIN NINETY  DAYS  OF  THE
   18  OCCURRENCE OF THE ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT.
   19    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   20  effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
   21  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
   22  tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
   23  before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04560-01-5