Legislation
SECTION 207-O*2
Disabilities of members of the uniformed force of correction departments in certain cities
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10
* § 207-o. Disabilities of members of the uniformed force of
correction departments in certain cities. 1. Notwithstanding the
provisions of any general, special or local law or administrative code
to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the workers'
compensation law and the labor law, any condition of impairment of
health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in total or partial
disability or death to a paid member of the uniformed force of a paid
correction department, where such paid member is drawn from competitive
civil service lists, who successfully passed a physical examination on
entry into the service of such department, which examination failed to
reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive evidence
that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless
the contrary be proved by competent evidence.
2. The provisions of this section shall remain in full force and
effect to and including the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred
ninety-nine at which time the provisions of this section shall be deemed
to be repealed.
* NB Expired July 1, 1995 per subdivision 2; see retirement and social
security law § 480 for expiration
* NB There are 2 § 207-o's
correction departments in certain cities. 1. Notwithstanding the
provisions of any general, special or local law or administrative code
to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the workers'
compensation law and the labor law, any condition of impairment of
health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in total or partial
disability or death to a paid member of the uniformed force of a paid
correction department, where such paid member is drawn from competitive
civil service lists, who successfully passed a physical examination on
entry into the service of such department, which examination failed to
reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive evidence
that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless
the contrary be proved by competent evidence.
2. The provisions of this section shall remain in full force and
effect to and including the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred
ninety-nine at which time the provisions of this section shall be deemed
to be repealed.
* NB Expired July 1, 1995 per subdivision 2; see retirement and social
security law § 480 for expiration
* NB There are 2 § 207-o's