Senate Bill S4134

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides for the payment of the salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of any city of Yonkers detention officer injured in the line of duty

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2801 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4134 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2801
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง207-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2520
2011-2012: A2556
2013-2014: A567

2015-S4134 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the payment of the salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of any city of Yonkers detention officer injured or becoming ill in the line of duty.

2015-S4134 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4134

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law,  in  relation  to  disability
  coverage for detention officers employed by the city of Yonkers

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207-c  of  the  general  municipal
law,  as  amended  by  section  3 of chapter 675 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of
the sheriff's department of any county (hereinafter  referred  to  as  a
"policeman") or any member of a police force of any county, city of less
than  one million population, town or village, or of any district, agen-
cy, board, body or commission thereof, or  a  detective-investigator  or
any  other  investigator  who  is  a  police  officer  pursuant  to  the
provisions of the criminal procedure law employed in  the  office  of  a
district attorney of any county, or any corrections officer of the coun-
ty  of  Erie department of corrections, or an advanced ambulance medical
technician employed by the county of Nassau, OR  ANY  DETENTION  OFFICER
EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF YONKERS, or any supervising fire inspector, fire
inspector,  fire marshal or assistant fire marshal employed full-time in
the county of Nassau fire marshal's office, or  at  the  option  of  the
county  of  Nassau, any probation officer of the county of Nassau who is
injured in the performance of his duties or  who  is  taken  sick  as  a
result  of the performance of his duties so as to necessitate medical or
other lawful remedial treatment shall be paid  by  the  municipality  by
which  he  is  employed  the  full amount of his regular salary or wages
until his disability arising therefrom has ceased, and, in addition such
municipality shall be liable for all medical treatment and hospital care
necessitated by reason of such injury or illness.    Provided,  however,
and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the munic-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05639-01-5
              

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