Senate Bill S4137

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Allows certain fire districts to provide a general ambulance service

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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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2011-S4137 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6029
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง122-b, Gen Muni L

2011-S4137 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows certain fire districts to provide a general ambulance service.

2011-S4137 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4137 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4137

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  allowing
  certain fire districts to provide a general ambulance service

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 122-b  of
the  general  municipal  law,  as  amended by chapter 303 of the laws of
1980, is amended to read as follows:
  Any county, city, town [or], village OR FIRE DISTRICT  REPRESENTING  A
LOCALITY,  acting  individually  or  jointly,  may  provide an emergency
medical service, a general ambulance service or a  combination  of  such
services  for  the  purpose  of  providing prehospital emergency medical
treatment or transporting sick or injured persons found within the boun-
daries of the municipality to a hospital, clinic,  sanatorium  or  other
place for treatment of such illness or injury, and for that purpose may:
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09570-01-1

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