S4713-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments

Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; furthermore, such participants may not enter a burning structure.

Sponsor: NOZZOLIO / Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Law Section: General Municipal Law / Law: Amd S204-b, Gen Muni L

S4713-2011 Actions

Jun 12, 2012: referred to local governments
Jun 12, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun 12, 2012: PASSED SENATE
Jun 12, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1191
Jun 12, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Apr 15, 2011: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S4713-2011 Meetings

Rules: Jun 14, 2012

S4713-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012

S4713-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Rules - Jun 12, 2012

Ayes (24): Skelos, Alesi, Farley, Fuschillo, Hannon, Johnson, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Marcellino, Maziarz, Nozzolio, Saland, Seward, Sampson, Breslin, Dilan, Duane, Hassell-Thompson, Montgomery, Parker, Perkins, Smith, Stewart-Cousins
Excused (1): Krueger

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jun 12, 2012

Ayes (56): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Peralta, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Storobin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Nays (3): Avella, Parker, Perkins
Excused (3): Espaillat, Huntley, Krueger

S4713-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4713

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general municipal law, in relation to participants in youth
programs sponsored by fire departments

PURPOSE:
This bill will allow for an increased amount of exposure for youth
programs in order to facilitate more of a learning experience for
participants interested in the firefighting field.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend Section 1, subdivision 5 of section 204-b of the
general municipal law, as added by chapter 386 of the laws of 1978.

JUSTIFICATION:
Current laws prohibit student volunteers to observe an active emergency.
This bill will allow observation of an active emergency with
stipulations that will be regulated by the chief, which will include
safe areas for the volunteer to observe and still allow for a
learning experience.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.6562 of 2004
S.516  of 2005/2006
S.588  of 2007/2008
S.2402 of 2009/2010

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This law shall take effect immediately.

S4713-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          4713
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 April 15, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  participants
 in youth programs sponsored by fire departments
 

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

 

Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 204-b  of  the  general  municipal
 law,  as added by chapter 386 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
 follows:

 5. All activities of participants in such program shall be approved in
 advance by the chief, or his OR HER designee. [No activities may include
 emergency duties in connection with  fire  department  or  fire  company
 operations or any other hazardous activity.] PARTICIPANTS MAY RESPOND TO
 AN  EMERGENCY OR HAZARDOUS ACTIVITY, BUT SHALL REMAIN IN A DESIGNATED OR
 MARKED OFF AREA THAT HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE CHIEF OR OFFICER IN  CHARGE.
 SUCH  PARTICIPANT  CANNOT  RESPOND  TO  AN  EMERGENCY ON A VEHICLE USING
 LIGHTS AND/OR SIRENS.  FURTHERMORE, SUCH PARTICIPANTS MAY  NOT  ENTER  A
 BURNING  STRUCTURE NOR SHALL PARTICIPANTS IN A YOUTH PROGRAM PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION OF ACTIVE  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTER
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00314-01-1

S4713-2011: Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments