Assembly Actions -
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Mar 24, 2014 |
print number 5231b |
Mar 24, 2014 |
amend and recommit to local government |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to local government |
May 24, 2013 |
print number 5231a |
May 24, 2013 |
amend and recommit to local government |
May 14, 2013 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S5231B
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2013-S5231 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6689
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§8 & 9, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §§8 & 9, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L
2013-S5231 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5231 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to permanent and temporary total disability benefits PURPOSE: To increase awards under the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law and the Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Sections 1 and 2 amend the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law to increase the award for temporary total disability and permanent total disability for firefighters injured in the line of duty to $650. Sections 3 and 4 amend the Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law to increase the award for temporary and total disability and permanent total disability for ambulance workers injured in the line of duty to $650. Section 5 provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Awards under the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law (VFBL) and the Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law (VABL) have not been increased since 1992. The Workers' Compensation Law, on the other hand, was amended in 2007 to provide that an employee who is
2013-S5231 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5231 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 14, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volun- teer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to permanent and temporary total disability benefits THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: S 8. Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of total disa- bility adjudged to be permanent the volunteer firefighter shall be paid [four hundred] SIX HUNDRED FIFTY dollars for each week during the continuance thereof. Permanent total disability, within the meaning of this section, shall exist only if the earning capacity of the volunteer firefighter has been lost permanently and totally as the result of the injury. The loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or both eyes, or any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclu- sive proof to the contrary, constitute permanent total disability, but in all other cases permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance with the facts. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, an injured volunteer firefighter disabled due to the loss or total loss of use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or any two thereof shall not suffer any diminution of such weekly benefit by engaging in business or employment provided his or her weekly earnings or wages, when combined with his or her week- ly benefit shall not be in excess of [six hundred] NINE HUNDRED SEVEN- TY-FIVE dollars; and further provided that the application of this section shall not result in reduction of benefits which an injured volunteer firefighter who is disabled due to the loss or total loss of use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09699-05-3
2013-S5231A - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6689
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§8 & 9, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §§8 & 9, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L
2013-S5231A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5231A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to permanent and temporary total disability benefits PURPOSE: To increase awards under the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law and the Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Sections 1 and 2 amend the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law to increase the award for temporary total disability and permanent total disability for firefighters injured in the line of duty to $650. Sections 3 and 4 amend the Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law to increase the award for temporary and total disability and permanent total disability for ambulance workers injured in the line of duty to $650. Section 5 provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Awards under the Volunteer
2013-S5231A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5231--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 14, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volun- teer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to permanent and temporary total disability benefits THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: S 8. Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of total disa- bility adjudged to be permanent the volunteer firefighter shall be paid [four hundred] SIX HUNDRED FIFTY dollars for each week during the continuance thereof. Permanent total disability, within the meaning of this section, shall exist only if the earning capacity of the volunteer firefighter has been lost permanently and totally as the result of the injury. The loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or both eyes, or any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclu- sive proof to the contrary, constitute permanent total disability, but in all other cases permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance with the facts. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, an injured volunteer firefighter disabled due to the loss or total loss of use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or any two thereof shall not suffer any diminution of such weekly benefit by engaging in business or employment provided his or her weekly earnings or wages, when combined with his or her week- ly benefit shall not be in excess of [six hundred] NINE HUNDRED SEVEN- TY-FIVE dollars; and further provided that the application of this section shall not result in reduction of benefits which an injured EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09699-07-3
2013-S5231B (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6689
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§8 & 9, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §§8 & 9, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L
2013-S5231B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5231B TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to permanent and temporary total disability benefits PURPOSE: To increase awards under the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law and the Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends section 8 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law to increase the weekly award for permanent total disability to $650 and increases the maximum limit of combined benefit plus wages or earnings to $975. Section 2. Amends section 9 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law to increase the weekly award for temporary total disability to $650 beginning January 1, 2015. Section 3. Amends section 8 of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law to increase the weekly award for permanent total disability to $650 and increases the maximum limit of combined benefit plus wages or earnings to $975. Section 4. Amends section 9 of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law to increase the weekly award for temporary total disability to $650 beginning January 1, 2015.
2013-S5231B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5231--B 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 14, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volun- teer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to permanent and temporary total disability benefits THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: S 8. Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of total disa- bility adjudged to be permanent the volunteer firefighter shall be paid [four hundred] SIX HUNDRED FIFTY dollars for each week during the continuance thereof. Permanent total disability, within the meaning of this section, shall exist only if the earning capacity of the volunteer firefighter has been lost permanently and totally as the result of the injury. The loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or both eyes, or any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclu- sive proof to the contrary, constitute permanent total disability, but in all other cases permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance with the facts. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, an injured volunteer firefighter disabled due to the loss or total loss of use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or any two thereof shall not suffer any diminution of such weekly benefit by engaging in business or employment provided his or her weekly earnings or wages, when combined with his or her week- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09699-08-4
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