Assembly Bill A9779

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the office of fire prevention and control to form a task force and issue a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention

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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-A9779 - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §159-d-1, Exec L

2019-A9779 - Summary

Directs the office of fire prevention and control within the division of homeland security and emergency services to form a task force and issue a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention; creates the New York state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force; requires a report to the governor and legislature on Firefighter 1 training, and all other firefighter training offered by the office of fire prevention and control, and delivery methods to enhance and streamline training including the use of distance learning; the utilization of community colleges, BOCES or state accredited high schools to train firefighters and the creation of pilot programs within community colleges or BOCES that will offer Firefighter 1 certification upon completion

2019-A9779 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9779
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to creating the New York
   state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  executive  law  is  amended  by adding a new section
 159-d-1 to read as follows:
   § 159-D-1.  NEW  YORK  STATE  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTER  RECRUITMENT  AND
 RETENTION  TASK FORCE. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TASK FORCE WHOSE MEMBERSHIP SHALL  CONSIST  OF
 THE  CHAIR OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; THE COMMISSIONER OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 AND EMERGENCY SERVICES OR HIS  OR  HER  DESIGNEE;  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 EDUCATION OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; THE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY
 OF  NEW  YORK  OR  HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND
 FINANCE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OR HIS OR  HER
 DESIGNEE; THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK  OR  HIS  OR HER DESIGNEE; THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FIRE
 DISTRICTS OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; THE PRESIDENT OF THE  NEW  YORK  STATE
 ASSOCIATION  OF FIRE CHIEFS OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; THE PRESIDENT OF THE
 NEW YORK STATE FIRE COORDINATORS OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;  THE  TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE  OR  HIS  OR HER DESIGNEE; THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; THE MINORITY LEADER OF  THE  SENATE  OR
 HIS  OR  HER DESIGNEE; AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY OR HIS OR
 HER DESIGNEE. THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE CHAIR OF  THE  TASK  FORCE.
 THE TASK FORCE SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY
 AND  THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.  SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT
 BE LIMITED TO, RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING:
   1.  FIREFIGHTER 1 TRAINING, AND ALL OTHER FIREFIGHTER TRAINING OFFERED
 BY THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL, AND  DELIVERY  METHODS  TO
 ENHANCE AND STREAMLINE TRAINING INCLUDING THE USE OF DISTANCE LEARNING;
   2.  THE  UTILIZATION  OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BOCES OR STATE ACCREDITED
 HIGH SCHOOLS TO TRAIN FIREFIGHTERS AND THE CREATION  OF  PILOT  PROGRAMS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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2019-A9779A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §159-d-1, Exec L

2019-A9779A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the office of fire prevention and control within the division of homeland security and emergency services to form a task force and issue a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention; creates the New York state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force; requires a report to the governor and legislature on Firefighter 1 training, and all other firefighter training offered by the office of fire prevention and control, and delivery methods to enhance and streamline training including the use of distance learning; the utilization of community colleges, BOCES or state accredited high schools to train firefighters and the creation of pilot programs within community colleges or BOCES that will offer Firefighter 1 certification upon completion

2019-A9779A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9779--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT, NORRIS, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY,
   GALEF, MORINELLO, McMAHON, HUNTER, STERN -- read once and referred  to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT directing the office of fire prevention and  control  within  the
   division  of  homeland  security and emergency services to form a task
   force and issue a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment
   and retention; and providing for the repeal of  such  provisions  upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  New  York  state  volunteer  firefighter  recruitment  and
 retention  task force. There is hereby created the volunteer firefighter
 recruitment and retention task force whose membership shall  consist  of
 the chair to be appointed by the governor; the  state fire administrator
 or  his  or  her  designee;  the commissioner of education or his or her
 designee; the chancellor of the state university of New York or  his  or
 her  designee;  the  commissioner  of taxation and finance or his or her
 designee; the commissioner of labor or his or her designee;  the  presi-
 dent of the Fireman's Association of the State of New York or his or her
 designee;  the  president of the Association of Fire Districts or his or
 her designee; the president of the New York State  Association  of  Fire
 Chiefs  or his or her designee; the president of the New York State Fire
 Coordinators or his or her designee; two members appointed by the tempo-
 rary president of the senate; two members appointed by  the  speaker  of
 the assembly; one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
 and  one  member  appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.  The
 task force shall report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and
 the temporary president of the senate no later than one year  after  the
 effective  date  of  this  act.    Such report shall include, but not be
 limited to, recommendations concerning:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15049-06-0

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