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Senate Bill S2271
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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-S2271 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง216, 216-a, 217, 218 & 219, Gen Muni L
2009-S2271 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2271 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to service award programs for volunteer firefighters PURPOSE : To bring certain provisions of law relating to service award programs into compliance with the age discrimination in employment act of 1967. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends Article 11-A of the General Municipal Law. JUSTIFICATION : A series of claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Fire Districts operating Service Award Programs for their volunteer firefighters under Article 11-A of the General Municipal Law alleging that the programs are in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 have created a concern that the General Municipal Law is in conflict with the applicable federal law and must be amended.
2009-S2271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2271 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 17, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 service award programs for volunteer firefighters THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 216 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 714 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: (e) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph once a service award program has been established, it may be abolished or amended in the same manner as it was created in accordance with the provisions of this article by following the procedures set forth in subdivision one or two of this section. The point system adopted by the governing board of the sponsor of a service award program pursuant to subdivision (c) of section two hundred seventeen of this article may be amended by the affirmative vote of at least sixty percent of such governing board, without referendum, provided, that, consistent with the provisions of subdivision (c) of section two hundred seventeen OF THIS ARTICLE, the only effect of the amendment is to decrease the number of points granted for the performance of an activity, increase the amount of an activity required to earn the points granted for the performance of the activity, or both. Any amendment to a service award program shall only take effect as of the first day of January next succeeding completion of the proceedings required for adoption of the amendment and shall only apply prospectively, PROVIDED, THAT AN AMENDMENT OF A SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION (N) OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE IN ORDER TO BRING THE SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1967 (29 USCA SECTION 621, ET SEQ.) MAY BE ADOPTED BASED ON THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST SIXTY PERCENT OF SUCH GOVERNING BOARD, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04606-01-9
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