Senate Bill S2973

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2021-S2973 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap 606 of 2006
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5419
2023-2024: S1176

2021-S2973 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters.

2021-S2973 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2973
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 606 of the laws of 2006, amending the  volunteer
   firefighters' benefit law, relating to creating a presumption relating
   to  certain  lung  disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters, in
   relation to making such provisions permanent
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2 of chapter 606 of the laws of 2006, amending the
 volunteer firefighters' benefit law, relating to creating a  presumption
 relating  to  certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefight-
 ers, as amended by section 1 of item BB of subpart  B  of  part  XXX  of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, 2025].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03860-01-1

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