Assembly Actions -
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Jul 31, 2020 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8863
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S8863 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10928
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §217, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S1210, A6401
2019-S8863 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8863 SPONSOR: KAMINSKY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing for a program sponsor to amend a point system as part of a service award program PURPOSE: To allow volunteer firefighters to adjust their emergency response protocols. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends General Municipal Law by adding a new subparagraph (q) to address developments in how volunteer fire departments respond to emergencies by allowing programs to calculate percentages based on the total number of calls an individual was dispatched. Effective date.
2019-S8863 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8863 I N S E N A T E July 31, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing for a program sponsor to amend a point system as part of a service award program 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 (q) to read as follows: (Q) THE PROGRAM SPONSOR MAY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT RESPONSES POINT SYSTEM CATEGORY PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (VI) OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION 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 PERMIT- TED TO RESPOND AND ARE RESTRICTED FROM RESPONDING TO ALL NON-EMERGENCY RESCUE AND FIRST AID SQUAD CALLS AND/OR ALL EMERGENCY RESCUE AND FIRST AID SQUAD CALLS. SUCH RESTRICTIONS ON RESPONSE MAY RELATE TO DETERMI- NATIONS MADE BY THE DISTRICT PHYSICIAN AS TO THE DUTIES THAT MAY BE ASSIGNED TO CERTAIN PERSONNEL. IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROGRAM SPONSOR 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 THE 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 EMERGENCY, 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.
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