Assembly Bill A840

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Includes step children within the meaning of the term "child" for purposes of additional credits for children of firefighters, police officers, EMTs and paramedics killed in the line of duty

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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-A840 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3099
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§85-a - 85-c, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8992, S5989
2015-2016: A929, S3604
2017-2018: A636, S3070

2019-A840 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes step children within the meaning of the term "child" for purposes of additional credits for children of firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics killed in the line of duty.

2019-A840 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    840
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law,  in  relation  to  civil  service
   credits  for step children of firefighters, police officers, emergency
   medical technicians and paramedics killed in the line of duty

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 85-a of the civil service law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CHILD" SHALL INCLUDE (I) A
 STEP CHILD OF A FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNI-
 CIAN  OR  PARAMEDIC  KILLED  IN THE LINE OF DUTY, OR (II) THE CHILD OF A
 SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A FIREFIGHTER,  POLICE  OFFICER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
 TECHNICIAN  OR  PARAMEDIC KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
 CHILD WAS BORN PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL  IS  KILLED
 IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section  85-b  of the civil service law, as
 amended by chapter 376 of the laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  [Definition] DEFINITIONS.  (A) As used in this section, "killed in
 the line of duty" shall mean having died in the performance of  duty  as
 the  natural  and  proximate  result of the World Trade Center attack on
 September eleventh, two thousand one or as  the  natural  and  proximate
 result  of  participation  in  the  rescue  effort that was conducted in
 response to such attack.
   (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CHILD" SHALL INCLUDE (I) A
 STEP CHILD OF A FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNI-
 CIAN  OR  PARAMEDIC  KILLED  IN THE LINE OF DUTY, OR (II) THE CHILD OF A
 SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A FIREFIGHTER,  POLICE  OFFICER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
 TECHNICIAN  OR  PARAMEDIC KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00170-01-9

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