Assembly Bill A7956

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the office of fire prevention and control to conduct a study which evaluates the minimum recommended qualifications to becoming a volunteer firefighter

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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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2019-A7956 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S178
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S9182
2021-2022: A506, S2256
2023-2024: A1426, S3199
2025-2026: S3431

2019-A7956 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the office of fire prevention and control to conduct a study, which evaluates the minimum recommended qualifications to becoming a volunteer firefighter; requires such office to provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly within twelve months of the effective date of this act.

2019-A7956 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7956
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to direct the office of fire prevention and control to conduct  a
   study which evaluates the minimum recommended qualifications to becom-
   ing a volunteer firefighter

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The office of fire prevention and control shall  conduct  a
 study that examines and evaluates the recommended minimum qualifications
 for volunteer firefighters.
   (a)  The  type  of  settings included in the study shall be subject to
 funds available but include, at minimum, the coursework required to test
 for the Firefighter certification, or the Firefighter Recruit I  and  II
 certifications,  as  defined  in  part  426  of title 19 of the New York
 Codes, Rules and Regulations, the recommended number of hours of  train-
 ing,  availability  of  training  courses and resources, availability of
 trainers, and minimum qualifications for trainers.
   (b) The study shall take  into  account  factors  including,  but  not
 limited  to:   geographical region, prominent industries in that region,
 demographics of populations and demand for volunteer firefighters.
   § 2. Within twelve months of the  effective  date  of  this  act,  the
 office  of  fire  prevention and control shall submit a report detailing
 the findings of the study to the governor, the  temporary  president  of
 the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04991-01-9

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