Assembly Bill A9589

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to special districts for ambulance services and to volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staffing

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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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2017-A9589 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7443
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §122-b, Gen Muni L; add §719, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1577, S1996
2021-2022: A857, S5331
2023-2024: A2812, S3039

2017-A9589 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of special districts for general ambulance services and requires a report on issues of volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staffing.

2017-A9589 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9589
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JONES, WOERNER, STEC -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the establish-
   ment of special districts for general ambulance services; and to amend
   the  executive  law,  in relation to a report on volunteer firefighter
   and ambulance services staffing

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraphs d, e and f of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of
 the general municipal law, as amended by chapter  303  of  the  laws  of
 1980, are amended to read as follows:
   (d)  ESTABLISH  A  SPECIAL DISTRICT FOR THE FINANCING AND OPERATION OF
 GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICES AS SET FORTH BY  THIS  SECTION,  WHEREBY  ANY
 COUNTY,  CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, ACTING INDIVIDUALLY, OR JOINTLY WITH ANY
 OTHER COUNTY, CITY, TOWN AND/OR VILLAGE, THROUGH ITS GOVERNING  BODY  OR
 BODIES,  FOLLOWING  APPLICABLE PROCEDURES AS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE ESTAB-
 LISHMENT OF FIRE DISTRICTS IN ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE TOWN LAW OR  FOLLOW-
 ING APPLICABLE PROCEDURES AS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT
 FIRE  DISTRICTS  IN  ARTICLE ELEVEN-A OF THE TOWN LAW, WITH SUCH SPECIAL
 DISTRICT BEING AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION TO BE ESTABLISHED  IN  ALL  OR
 ANY  PART  OF  ANY SUCH PARTICIPATING COUNTY OR COUNTIES, TOWN OR TOWNS,
 CITY OR CITIES AND/OR VILLAGE OR VILLAGES;
   (E) Employ any combination of the methods authorized in paragraph (a),
 (b) [or], (c) OR (D);
   [(e)] (F) No contract shall 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 the
 provisions of section two hundred nine-b of the general municipal law;
   [(f)] (G)  Consider  prehospital  emergency  treatment  as  that  care
 provided   by  certified  emergency  medical  technicians  or  certified
 advanced  emergency  medical  technicians  certified  pursuant  to   the
 provisions of article thirty of the public health law.
   §  2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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