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                                   2419
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. JONES, BUTTENSCHON -- 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.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the
 general municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is
 amended, paragraphs (e) and (f) are relettered paragraphs (f)  and  (g),
 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;
   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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04950-01-3
              

 A. 2419                             2
 
   §  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-FIVE,
 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; provided however that the
 amendments to paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of  section  122-b  of  the
 general  municipal law made by section one of this act shall survive the
 expiration and reversion of such section as provided  in  section  4  of
 part KK of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, as amended.