Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 25, 2017 |
signed chap.155 |
Jul 13, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 21, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.616 substituted for a7942 |
Jun 21, 2017 |
substituted by s6415 |
Jun 20, 2017 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.616 rules report cal.616 reported reported referred to rules |
Jun 07, 2017 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jun 06, 2017 |
reported referred to codes |
May 22, 2017 |
referred to local governments |
Assembly Bill A7942
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GUNTHER
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6415 - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
2017-A7942 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A7942 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7942 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 22, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing firefighters who are members of a fire company or department of anoth- er state to provide assistance to volunteer fire companies or depart- ments in this state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 209-i of the general municipal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-c to read as follows: 1-C. A MEMBER OF A FIRE COMPANY OR DEPARTMENT OF ANOTHER STATE WHO IS REGULARLY IN AN AREA SERVED BY A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR FIRE DEPART- MENT MAY VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES ON AN ON-GOING BASIS TO SUCH FIRE COMPANY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING SUCH COMPANY OR DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL OR EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES, OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING SUCH FIRE COMPANY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT AT A FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY SCENE OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING WITH SUCH FIRE COMPANY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED THAT SUCH COMPANY OR DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT SUCH SERVICES BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OR THE VILLAGE, THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OR OTHER GOVERNING BOARD OF THE FIRE DISTRICT, OR THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN IN RELATION TO (A) THE FIRE COMPANIES SERVING TERRITORY OUTSIDE VILLAGES AND FIRE DISTRICTS OR (B) A TOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS THE CASE MAY BE. UPON APPLICATION BY AN OUT-OF- STATE FIREFIGHTER, A FIRE COMPANY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH OUT-OF-STATE FIREFIGHTER MEETS STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMPANY OR DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPLIANCE WITH A BACKGROUND CHECK PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN-O OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND WHETHER SUCH OUT-OF- STATE FIREFIGHTER IS IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE FIRE COMPANY OR DEPART- MENT IN WHICH THEY NORMALLY SERVE. IF A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCEPTS THE SERVICES OF SUCH AN OUT-OF-STATE FIREFIGHTER, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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