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Assembly Bill A11163
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MURRAY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
David McDonough
Michael G. Miller
David Townsend
Ann Rabbitt
multi-Sponsors
Daniel Burling
Clifford Crouch
Joseph Giglio
Thomas McKevitt
2009-A11163 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §837-o, Exec L; amd §10-1006, Vil L; amd §176-b, Town L; amd §1402, N-PC L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A5654
2009-A11163 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A11163 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, the village law, the town law and the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to searches for sexually violent offense convictions for firefighters PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill will allow fire officials to search for violent sex offense convictions when processing applications for membership to a fire company. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends the section heading and subdivision 1 of section 837-0 of the executive law, as added by chapter 423 of the laws of 1999; paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subdivision 3 of section 837-0 of the executive law, paragraphs (a) and (c) as added by chapter 423 of the laws of 1999 and paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 689 of the laws of 2002; subdivision 18 of section 10-1006 of the village law, as added by chapter 719 of the laws of 1985; subdivision 19 of section 10-1006 of the village law, as added by chapter 423 of the laws of 1999; section 176-b of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivision 18; paragraph (c) of section 1402 of the not for profit corporation law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 6. JUSTIFICATION: Firefighters hold a unique place of trust in our communities. The requirement for notification of child abuse and the use of fire departments as safe havens for unwanted babies both are
2009-A11163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11163 I N A S S E M B L Y May 21, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MURRAY, McDONOUGH, M. MILLER, TOWNSEND, RABBITT, MOLINARO, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BURLING, CROUCH, GIGLIO, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law, the village law, the town law and the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to searches for sexually violent offense convictions for firefighters 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, are amended to read as follows: Search for arson AND SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE conviction records of volunteer firefighter applicants. 1. Any person who applies for member- ship in a fire company, as such term is defined in section three of the volunteer firefighters' 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 informa- tion to the division which shall search its files for records indicating whether the person stands convicted of the crime of arson OR OF ANY SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE OR ATTEMPTED SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THE CORRECTION 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. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 3 of section 837-o of the executive law, paragraphs (a) and (c) as added by chapter 423 of the laws of 1999 and paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 689 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows: (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 assess- ment of any fee to the applicant or fire company and shall pertain sole- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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