Assembly Bill A5655

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to liability for outside aid

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  • 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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2017-A5655 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-g, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6138
2019-2020: A5589
2021-2022: A5654
2023-2024: A5422
2025-2026: A3624

2017-A5655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to liability for outside aid.

2017-A5655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5655
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to liability for
   outside aid
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 209-g of the general municipal
 law, as amended by section 9 of part A of chapter 101  of  the  laws  of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special
 or  local,  any  county, city, town, village or fire district requesting
 fire aid pursuant to section two hundred nine-e of this article  or  any
 county,  city, town or village requesting police aid pursuant to section
 two hundred nine-f of this article, shall be liable and  responsible  to
 the  assisting municipal corporation or fire district for any loss of or
 damage, WHICH IT IS DEEMED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, to apparatus or equip-
 ment or supplies and shall bear and pay  the  expense  incurred  in  the
 operation  and  maintenance  of  any SUCH apparatus or equipment and the
 cost of materials and supplies used or consumed in  rendering  such  aid
 and assistance, but such liability and responsibility shall not apply or
 extend to apparatus, equipment, materials and supplies owned or supplied
 by the state.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09004-01-7

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