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                                  1871--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Local  Governments  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the town law, in  relation
   to authorizing fees and charges for emergency medical services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 209-b  of  the  general  municipal
 law,  as  amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read
 as follows:
   4. Fees and charges [prohibited] AUTHORIZED.   Emergency  and  general
 ambulance  service,  INCLUDING  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL SERVICE AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, authorized pursuant
 to this section [shall] MAY be furnished  without  cost  to  the  person
 served;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE ELMSFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE
 HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON  FIRE  DEPARTMENT  ARE  AUTHORIZED  TO  PROVIDE  SUCH
 SERVICE OR SERVICES AND MAY FIX A SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES TO BE PAID
 BY  PERSONS  REQUESTING SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES. BOTH THE ELMSFORD FIRE
 DEPARTMENT AND THE HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT  MAY  PROVIDE  FOR
 THE  COLLECTION  OF  FEES  AND  CHARGES OR MAY FORMULATE RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS FOR THE COLLECTION THEREOF BY SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT.  The accept-
 ance by any  firefighter  of  any  personal  remuneration  or  gratuity,
 directly  or  indirectly, from a person served shall be a ground for his
 or her expulsion or suspension as a member of  the  fire  department  or
 fire company.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the general
 municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (e) [No] A contract [shall]  MAY  be  entered  into  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of  this section for the services of an emergency rescue and
 first aid squad of a fire department or fire company which is subject to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 the provisions of section two hundred nine-b of [the  general  municipal
 law] THIS CHAPTER;
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 184 of the town law, as amended by chap-
 ter 599 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Whenever  the town board shall have established or extended a fire
 protection district pursuant to the provisions of this article, the town
 board shall provide for the furnishing of  fire  protection  within  the
 district  and  for that purpose may (a) contract with any city, village,
 fire district or incorporated  fire  company  maintaining  adequate  and
 suitable  apparatus and appliances for the furnishing of fire protection
 in such district or (b) may acquire by gift or purchase  such  apparatus
 and  appliances for use in such district and may contract with any city,
 village, fire district or incorporated fire company for operation, main-
 tenance, and  repair  of  the  same  and  for  the  furnishing  of  fire
 protection  in such district, or both. The contract may also provide for
 the furnishing of (1) emergency service in case of accidents, calamities
 or other emergencies in connection with which the services of firefight-
 ers would be required and (2) general ambulance service subject,  howev-
 er,  to  the  provisions  of  section  two hundred nine-b of the general
 municipal law. In the event that the fire  department  or  fire  company
 furnishing fire protection within the district pursuant to contract does
 not  maintain  and  operate an ambulance then a separate contract may be
 made for the furnishing  within  the  district  of  emergency  ambulance
 service or general ambulance service, or both, with any city, village or
 fire district the fire department of which, or with an incorporated fire
 company  having  its  headquarters outside the district which, maintains
 and operates an ambulance subject, however, in the case of general ambu-
 lance service, to the provisions of section two hundred  nine-b  of  the
 general municipal law, or with an ambulance service, certified or regis-
 tered pursuant to article thirty of the public health law[, which is not
 organized  under  the  provisions  of  section two hundred nine-b of the
 general municipal law].  Any  such  contract  with  any  such  ambulance
 service  permitted  herein  shall  be  subject to the provisions of this
 section.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.