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                                   9147
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
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 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the establish-
   ment of special districts for general ambulance  services  within  the
   Adirondack  park;  and  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to a
   report on volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staffing

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  (d),  (e) and (f) of subdivision 1 of section
 122-b of the general municipal law, as amended by  chapter  303  of  the
 laws  of  1980, are amended and a new closing paragraph is added to read
 as follows:
   (d) ESTABLISH A SPECIAL DISTRICT FOR THE FINANCING  AND  OPERATION  OF
 GENERAL  AMBULANCE  SERVICES  AS  SET FORTH BY THIS SECTION, WHEREBY ANY
 COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, EITHER WHOLLY  OR  PARTIALLY  WITHIN  THE
 ADIRONDACK  PARK, ACTING INDIVIDUALLY, OR JOINTLY WITH ANY OTHER COUNTY,
 CITY, TOWN AND/OR VILLAGE, EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY WITHIN THE ADIRON-
 DACK PARK, THROUGH ITS GOVERNING BODY OR  BODIES,  FOLLOWING  APPLICABLE
 PROCEDURES  AS  ARE  REQUIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIRE DISTRICTS IN
 ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE TOWN LAW OR FOLLOWING APPLICABLE PROCEDURES AS ARE
 REQUIRED FOR THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  JOINT  FIRE  DISTRICTS  IN  ARTICLE
 ELEVEN-A OF THE TOWN LAW, WITH SUCH SPECIAL DISTRICT BEING AUTHORIZED BY
 THIS  SECTION  TO  BE ESTABLISHED IN ALL OR ANY PART OF ANY SUCH PARTIC-
 IPATING COUNTY OR COUNTIES, TOWN OR TOWNS, CITY OR CITIES AND/OR VILLAGE
 OR VILLAGES;
   (E) Employ any combination of the methods authorized in paragraph (a),
 (b) [or], (c) OR (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   [(e)] (F) No contract shall be entered into pursuant to the provisions
 of this section for the services of an emergency rescue  and  first  aid
 squad  of  a  fire  department  or  fire company which is subject to the
 provisions of section two hundred nine-b of [the general municipal  law]
 THIS CHAPTER;
   [(f)]  (G)  Consider  prehospital  emergency  treatment  as  that care
 provided  by  certified  emergency  medical  technicians  or   certified
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 A. 9147                             2
 
 advanced   emergency  medical  technicians  certified  pursuant  to  the
 provisions of article thirty of the public health law.
   ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE WHICH ESTABLISHES OR PARTICIPATES IN
 A  JOINT  DISTRICT  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 DISSOLVE AND ABOLISH ANY PREEXISTING LOCAL  DISTRICT  SERVING  THE  SAME
 JURISDICTION.
   §  2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to read
 as follows:
   § 719. REPORT ON VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND AMBULANCE  SERVICES  STAFF-
 ING.  1.  ON  OR  BEFORE  THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE, THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE OFFICE  OF  FIRE
 PREVENTION AND CONTROL, SHALL PREPARE AND PUBLISH A REPORT ON THE STAFF-
 ING  OF  VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND AMBULANCE SERVICES IN NEW YORK STATE.
 SUCH REPORT  SHALL  EXAMINE  AND  EVALUATE  THE  CHALLENGES  AND  ISSUES
 CONCERNING THE RECRUITING AND MAINTENANCE OF TRAINED, AVAILABLE STAFFING
 BY  VOLUNTEER  FIRE  DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES AS WELL AS FOR
 VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES. SUCH REPORT  SHALL  SPECIF-
 ICALLY  EXAMINE  AND EVALUATE THE CHALLENGES AND ISSUES THAT ARE PARTIC-
 ULAR TO RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE AND AREAS  WITH  GEOGRAPHIC  CHALLENGES
 SUCH AS MOUNTAINS, WATERWAYS OR LIMITED TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS.
   2.  IN  ADDITION  TO  IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES AND ISSUES CONCERNING THE
 RECRUITING AND MAINTENANCE OF TRAINED, AVAILABLE STAFFING  BY  VOLUNTEER
 FIRE DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES AS WELL AS FOR VOLUNTEER AMBU-
 LANCE  DISTRICTS  AND  COMPANIES  ACROSS  NEW YORK STATE, AS REQUIRED BY
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO MAKE RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS ON HOW TO ADDRESS AND REMEDIATE THE CHALLENGES AND ISSUES  IDENTI-
 FIED,  WITH  SUCH  RECOMMENDATIONS  BEING SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  THE
 CHAIR OF THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CHAIR
 OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  STANDING COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT THE TIME OF
 THE PUBLISHING OF THE REPORT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.