Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to finance |
May 12, 2009 |
reported and committed to codes |
Mar 27, 2009 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S3658
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S3658 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S3658 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3658 REVISED 05/28/09 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, the village law and the general municipal law, in relation to criminal background checks for firefighters and emergency medical services personnel PURPOSE : This bill provides an avenue by which fire departments can conduct a criminal record search through the New York State Division of Criminal Justice, at no cost to the departments, on any individual seeking to become a member of a volunteer emergency medical services department to determine whether there has been a conviction for a sex offense or an attempted sex offense. Should such a conviction be found, membership membership would be barred. Should such a conviction be found for a current volunteer, that membership would immediately be terminated. This bill also allows for such background checks for current volunteers and requires the termination of such personnel upon the finding of such conviction. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends subdivision 1 of section 837-o of the executive law, as amended by chapter 423 of the laws of 1999, amends paragraphs a, b, and c of subdivision 3 of section 837-o of the executive law; amends subdivisions 18 and 19 of section 10-1006 of the village law, amends
2009-S3658 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3658 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, the village law and the general municipal law, in relation to criminal background checks for fire- fighters and emergency medical services personnel THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 837-o of the executive law, as added by chapter 423 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: Search for arson AND SEX OFFENSE conviction records of volunteer fire- fighter applicants. 1. Any person who applies for membership in a fire company, as such term is defined in section three of the volunteer fire- fighters' benefit law, or who seeks to transfer as a member to another fire company, shall be required to authorize the submission of his or her name and other authorized identifying information to the division which shall search its files for records indicating whether the person stands convicted of the crime of arson OR OF ANY SEX OFFENSE OR ATTEMPTED SEX OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW. The chief of the fire company to which application is made shall provide written notice to the applicant that a search will be conducted, and if the applicant desires to proceed, he or she shall complete a search request on the form provided for this purpose by the division of criminal justice services. S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 837-o of the executive law, as added by chapter 423 of the laws of 1999, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 689 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 3. (a) All searches concerning the application for membership in a fire company shall be conducted under the provisions of subdivision six of section eight hundred thirty-seven of this article without the assessment of any fee to the applicant or fire company and shall pertain EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03746-01-9
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