Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 17, 2016 |
committed to rules |
Jun 01, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
May 25, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
May 24, 2016 |
1st report cal.1184 |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to cities |
Jun 25, 2015 |
committed to rules |
Apr 27, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 23, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 22, 2015 |
1st report cal.415 |
Jan 21, 2015 |
referred to cities |
Senate Bill S1992
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S1992 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S1992 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1992 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire officers PURPOSE: The bill will provide immunity from administrative action against New York City Fire Officers who, due to lack of such training, are effectively unable to properly conduct building inspections. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill provides that a fire officer of the New York City Fire Department ("FDNY') will be immune from administrative liability for any act or omission stemming from the failure of FDNY to provide the fire officer with proper training in regard to (i) the New York City building and construction codes and local ordinances, (ii) the inspection duties of fire fighters, or (iii) changes to the codes that became effective on or after July 1, 2008. Section two of the bill provides that this act shall take effect immediately. EXISTING LAW:
2015-S1992 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1992 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 21, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire officers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 209-ff to read as follows: S 209-FF. LIABILITY OF FIRE OFFICERS. IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE FIRE OFFICERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH CITY SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY RELATING TO ANY ACT OR OMISSION WHICH MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FAILURE OF THE FIRE DEPART- MENT OF SUCH CITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO SUCH OFFICERS IN REGARD TO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LOCAL ORDINANCES OF SUCH CITY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE INSPECTION DUTIES OF FIRE OFFICERS, AND ANY PERTINENT CHANGES IN SUCH DUTIES RESULTING FROM THE ENACTMENT OF OR ANY AMENDMENT TO ANY OF SUCH CODES ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02263-01-5
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