Assembly Bill A2804

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases permanent total disability benefits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2804 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1929
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §8, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A4612, S776

2011-A2804 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases permanent total disability benefits for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers from four hundred dollars to four hundred fifty dollars.

2011-A2804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2804

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and  the  volun-
  teer  ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to increasing perma-
  nent 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 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  conclusive  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 earn-
ings or wages, when combined with his or her weekly benefit shall not be
in excess of six hundred dollars; and further provided that the applica-
tion 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05445-01-1

              

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