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Feb 02, 2010 |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Mar 06, 2009 |
referred to local governments |
Assembly Bill A6596
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BURLING
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
Joseph Errigo
Brian Kolb
Dierdre Scozzafava
Greg Ball
multi-Sponsors
James Bacalles
William A. Barclay
Nancy Calhoun
Clifford Crouch
2009-A6596 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A6596 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6596 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 6, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURLING, ERRIGO, KOLB, SCOZZAFAVA, BALL, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, McKEVITT, OAKS, MOLINARO, SALADINO, SAYWARD, FINCH, TOWNSEND, WALKER, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES, BARCLAY, CALHOUN, CROUCH, MAYERSOHN, O'MARA, QUINN, REILICH, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation to increasing the funeral benefit and lump sum death benefit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 7 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as amended by chapter 212 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1. The reasonable funeral expenses of the deceased volunteer fire- fighter shall be paid in an amount not exceeding [six] SEVEN thousand [seven] FIVE hundred dollars; provided however, that such [six] SEVEN thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollar maximum shall not apply where a volunteer firefighter dies from injuries received in the line of duty as a direct result of firefighting. If such funeral expenses shall have been paid by a person entitled to benefits under this section or by others, the funeral expenses awarded shall be made payable to such beneficiary or others; otherwise they shall be payable to the undertaker who provided the burial. Funeral expenses shall be awarded in all death cases. S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 7 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as amended by chapter 212 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 2. If there be a surviving spouse, to such spouse the lump sum of [fifty-six] ONE HUNDRED thousand dollars, but if there be no surviving spouse, then to the executor or administrator of the estate of the volunteer [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, the lump sum of [fifty-six] ONE HUNDRED thousand dollars. Such sum shall be in addition to any other benefits provided in this chapter and shall not be diminished by benefits paid to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06280-01-9
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