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                                  6579

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 10, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to training of
  fire officers in cities of one million or more

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new
section 209-ff to read as follows:
  S 209-FF. TRAINING OF FIRE OFFICERS. IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION  OF
ONE  MILLION  OR MORE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH CITY, IN COORDINATION
WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF SUCH CITY,  SHALL  NO  LATER  THAN  JULY
FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND FIFTEEN, PROVIDE TO ALL FIRE OFFICERS OF SUCH CITY
AT LEAST FORTY HOURS OF FIELD TRAINING AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN  THE
FIRE  CODE  OF  SUCH CITY AND AT LEAST FORTY HOURS OF FIELD TRAINING AND
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES  AND  LOCAL
ORDINANCES  OF  SUCH  CITY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE INSPECTION DUTIES OF
FIRE OFFICERS AND ANY PERTINENT CHANGES IN SUCH  DUTIES  RESULTING  FROM
THE ENACTMENT OF, OR ANY AMENDMENT TO ANY OF SUCH CODES THAT TOOK EFFECT
ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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