NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7537

Senate Bill S7537

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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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S7537 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§85-a - 85-c, Civ Serv L

2019-S7537 (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-S7537 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7537

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

To provide "legacy credits" to a step child or the child of a surviving
spouse of a firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician or
paramedic killed in the line of duty. Legacy credits are points which
can be used on civil service tests when the job applicant is the child
of a first responder killed in the line of duty.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends Subdivision 1 of section 85-a and 85-b of the civil service as
amended by chapter 376 of the laws of 2013, by adding a new paragraph c

to add this new class of children of emergency responders to be eligible
for legacy credits.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation seeks to extend the benefit of legacy credits to the
children of emergency responders killed in the line of duty to include
lawful step children in addition to step children that may not be
biological or legally adopted children, but may be the child of a
surviving spouse of such a tragic event. In many cases, these first
responders have "raised" these children, including providing for them
financially for many years, and acted as their parent in every sense of
the word. As a tribute to the heroism of these first responders and
appreciation to their families' sacrifice, these legacy credits should
be extended to these children.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
On the ninetieth day after it has become a law.

2019-S7537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7537
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 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
 CHILD WAS BORN PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL  IS  KILLED
 IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 85-c of the civil service law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14956-01-0

 S. 7537                             2
 
   (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.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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