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                                  8251--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KAMINSKY, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, MARTINEZ -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Local Government -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the determi-
   nation of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters
   and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency  and
   authorizing  service  award  program  sponsors to adjust certain point
   systems when such sponsor adopts written emergency response protocols
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  217  of  the general municipal law is amended by
 adding two new subdivisions (p) and (q) to read as follows:
   (P) FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING TOTAL POINTS  EARNED  FOR  A  CALENDAR
 YEAR,  AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM MAY PROVIDE
 FOR THE CREDITING OF FIVE ADDITIONAL  POINTS  PER  MONTH,  PRORATED  FOR
 PERIODS  OF  LESS  THAN  ONE  MONTH, TO EACH ACTIVE PARTICIPANT FOR EACH
 MONTH THAT SPECIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE  IN  PLACE  RESTRICTING
 FIREFIGHTER  RESPONSES  TO  EMERGENCY  RESPONSES  AND/OR RESTRICTING THE
 HOLDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO GUIDELINES
 RELATED TO A STATE DISASTER  EMERGENCY,  AS  SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  TWENTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE
 ORDER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS AMENDED, TO ADDRESS THE
 OUTBREAK OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19.
   (Q) THE PROGRAM SPONSOR MAY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POINT SYSTEM CATE-
 GORY ENTITLED "PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT RESPONSES" IN THE EVENT  THAT
 SUCH PROGRAM SPONSOR ADOPTS WRITTEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOLS SETTING
 DIFFERENT  EMERGENCY RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE
 COMPANIES, SQUADS AND UNITS THEREOF SUCH THAT CERTAIN  PARTICIPANTS  ARE
 NOT PERMITTED TO RESPOND AND RESTRICTED FROM RESPONDING TO ALL NON-EMER-
 GENCY  RESCUE  AND FIRST AID SQUAD CALLS AND/OR ALL EMERGENCY RESCUE AND
 FIRST AID SQUAD CALLS. SUCH  RESTRICTIONS  ON  RESPONSE  MAY  RELATE  TO
 DETERMINATIONS  MADE BY THE DISTRICT PHYSICIAN AS TO THE DUTIES THAT MAY
 BE ASSIGNED TO CERTAIN PERSONNEL. IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROGRAM  SPONSOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ADOPTS  DIFFERENT  RESPONSE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS, PARTIC-
 IPANTS IN THOSE GROUPS SHALL BE  REQUIRED  TO  RESPOND  TO  THE  MINIMUM
 NUMBER  OF  EMERGENCY  CALLS  ASSIGNED  TO  THEIR  GROUP BY APPLYING THE
 PERCENTAGE  PROVIDED  FOR  IN  PARAGRAPH (VI) OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS
 SECTION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTEEN
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE, A POINT SYSTEM AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS WRITTEN EMERGENCY
 RESPONSE PROTOCOLS MAY BE ADOPTED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE  OF  AT  LEAST
 SIXTY  PERCENT  OF SUCH GOVERNING BOARD, WITHOUT REFERENDUM. SUCH AMEND-
 MENT SHALL ONLY TAKE EFFECT AS OF THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT SUCCEED-
 ING COMPLETION OF THE PROCEEDINGS REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT
 AND SHALL ONLY APPLY PROSPECTIVELY  UNLESS  THE  NEW  WRITTEN  EMERGENCY
 RESPONSE  PROTOCOL IS ADOPTED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS A STATE DISASTER EMER-
 GENCY, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,
 AND  APPLICABLE  TO  THE COUNTY OR COUNTIES IN WHICH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
 OPERATES, IN WHICH CASE SUCH  AMENDMENT  MAY  BE  APPLIED  IN  THE  YEAR
 ADOPTED.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 219-e of the general municipal law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
   (K) FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING TOTAL POINTS  EARNED  FOR  A  CALENDAR
 YEAR  AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER AWARD PROGRAM MAY PROVIDE FOR
 THE CREDITING OF FIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS PER MONTH, PRORATED FOR  PERIODS
 OF  LESS  THAN ONE MONTH, TO EACH ACTIVE PARTICIPANT FOR EACH MONTH THAT
 SPECIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE  IN  PLACE  RESTRICTING  AMBULANCE
 WORKERS  RESPONSES TO EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND/OR RESTRICTING THE HOLDING
 OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO GUIDELINES RELATED
 TO THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY, AS SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 TWENTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE LAW, DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER TWO
 HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS AMENDED, TO ADDRESS THE  OUTBREAK
 OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19.
   §  3.  Subdivision  3 of section 219-m of the general municipal law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
   (K) FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING TOTAL POINTS  EARNED  FOR  A  CALENDAR
 YEAR  AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER AWARD PROGRAM MAY PROVIDE FOR
 THE CREDITING OF FIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS PER MONTH, PRORATED FOR  PERIODS
 OF  LESS  THAN ONE MONTH, TO EACH ACTIVE PARTICIPANT FOR EACH MONTH THAT
 SPECIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE  IN  PLACE  RESTRICTING  AMBULANCE
 WORKERS  RESPONSES TO EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND/OR RESTRICTING THE HOLDING
 OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO GUIDELINES RELATED
 TO THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY, AS SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 TWENTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE LAW, DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER TWO
 HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS AMENDED, TO ADDRESS THE  OUTBREAK
 OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

                            
 
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                                  8251--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KAMINSKY, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, MARTINEZ -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Local Government -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and recommitted to said committee -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  the  determi-
   nation of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters
   and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency; 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. Section 217 of the general  municipal  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (p) to read as follows:
   (P)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  DETERMINING TOTAL POINTS EARNED FOR A CALENDAR
 YEAR IN WHICH A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY, AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  TWENTY
 OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  HAS  BEEN DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER
 NUMBER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS  AMENDED,  TO  ADDRESS
 THE  OUTBREAK  OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIRE-
 FIGHTER SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM MAY PROVIDE FOR THE  CREDITING  OF  UP  TO
 FIVE  ADDITIONAL POINTS PER MONTH, PRORATED FOR PERIODS OF LESS THAN ONE
 MONTH, TO EACH ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR EACH MONTH THAT  SPECIAL
 EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE IN PLACE RESTRICTING FIREFIGHTER RESPONSES
 TO  EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND/OR RESTRICTING THE HOLDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR
 WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO  GUIDELINES  RELATED  TO  THE  STATE
 DISASTER  EMERGENCY.  A  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  ELECTING TO PROVIDE THE
 ADDITIONAL POINTS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ADOPT A RESOL-
 UTION BY APRIL THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE DETERMINING THE NUMBER
 OF ADDITIONAL POINTS TO BE CREDITED PER MONTH, PROVIDED THAT  ANY  ADDI-
 TIONAL POINTS CREDITED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE IN ADDITION
 TO  ANY  OTHER  POINTS  EARNED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION DURING THE STATE
 DISASTER EMERGENCY.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 219-e of the general  municipal  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (K)  DETERMINATION OF POINTS. FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING TOTAL POINTS
 EARNED FOR A CALENDAR YEAR IN  WHICH  A  STATE  DISASTER  EMERGENCY,  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, HAS BEEN DECLARED PURSU-
 ANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS
 AMENDED,  TO  ADDRESS  THE  OUTBREAK  OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, AN
 ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER AWARD  PROGRAM  MAY  PROVIDE  FOR  THE
 CREDITING  OF UP TO FIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS PER MONTH, PRORATED FOR PERI-
 ODS OF LESS THAN ONE MONTH, TO EACH VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER FOR  EACH
 MONTH  THAT  SPECIAL  EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE IN PLACE RESTRICTING
 AMBULANCE WORKERS RESPONSES TO EMERGENCY  RESPONSES  AND/OR  RESTRICTING
 THE HOLDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO GUIDE-
 LINES  RELATED  TO THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY. A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
 ELECTING TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL POINTS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION SHALL ADOPT A RESOLUTION BY APRIL THIRTIETH, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 ONE  DETERMINING  THE  NUMBER  OF  ADDITIONAL  POINTS TO BE CREDITED PER
 MONTH, PROVIDED THAT ANY ADDITIONAL POINTS  CREDITED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER POINTS EARNED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION DURING THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY.
   § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 219-m of the general  municipal  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
   (K)  DETERMINATION OF POINTS. FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING TOTAL POINTS
 EARNED FOR A CALENDAR YEAR IN  WHICH  A  STATE  DISASTER  EMERGENCY,  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, HAS BEEN DECLARED PURSU-
 ANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS
 AMENDED,  TO  ADDRESS  THE  OUTBREAK  OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, AN
 ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER AWARD  PROGRAM  MAY  PROVIDE  FOR  THE
 CREDITING  OF UP TO FIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS PER MONTH, PRORATED FOR PERI-
 ODS OF LESS THAN ONE MONTH, TO EACH VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER FOR  EACH
 MONTH  THAT  SPECIAL  EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE IN PLACE RESTRICTING
 AMBULANCE WORKERS RESPONSES TO EMERGENCY  RESPONSES  AND/OR  RESTRICTING
 THE HOLDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO GUIDE-
 LINES  RELATED  TO THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY. A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
 ELECTING TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL POINTS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION SHALL ADOPT A RESOLUTION BY APRIL THIRTIETH, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 ONE  DETERMINING  THE  NUMBER  OF  ADDITIONAL  POINTS TO BE CREDITED PER
 MONTH, PROVIDED THAT ANY ADDITIONAL POINTS  CREDITED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER POINTS EARNED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION DURING THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed December 31, 2022.