Senate Bill S3959

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires thruway authority to reimburse for police, fire and emergency services rendered on the thruway

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • 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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2009-S3959 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง360, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S3850

2009-S3959 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2009-S3959 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3959 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3959

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

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:

  Section  1.  Section  360 of the public authorities law, as amended by
chapter 766 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
  S 360. Operation and maintenance. 1. Operation and maintenance by  the
authority of any thruway section or connection or any part thereof or of
a  highway  connection,  the New York state canal system of which it has
assumed jurisdiction shall be performed (a)  by  the  use  of  authority
forces  and equipment at the expense of the authority or by agreement at
the expense of the state or other parties; (b) by contract with  munici-
palities  or independent contractors; (c) at the request of the authori-
ty, by the commissioner and his subordinates in the department of trans-
portation as agents for, and at the expense of the authority, or (d)  by
a combination of such methods.
  2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL, FURTHER, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO A
MUNICIPALITY,  VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY FOR
POLICE, FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES RENDERED BY  ANY  SUCH  MUNICI-
PALITY,  VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY  OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY   AS A
RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT ON SUCH THRUWAY, WHERE THE COST TO THE
SUBJECT MUNICIPALITY, VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY  OR  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE
COMPANY   FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT OR INCI-
DENT IS IN EXCESS OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. FOR THE PURPOSES HEREOF,
THE VALUE OF SERVICES FOR A PARTICULAR ACCIDENT  OR  INCIDENT  SHALL  BE
ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  SUBJECT  MUNICIPALITY,  VOLUNTEER  FIRE COMPANY OR
VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY, BY CONSIDERATION OF SALARIES, BENEFITS  AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09265-01-9

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