BILL NUMBER:A11085
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation
to increasing the maximum amount that may be paid to volunteer fire
officers and firefighters appearing before a court or other tribunal
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Increases from $100 to $200, the
maximum amount that may be paid to volunteer fire officers and fire
fighters appearing before a court or other tribunal.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Changes the maximum amount a
volunteer firefighter may be compensated for lost wages incurred while
appearing before a court or other tribunal from $100 to $200.
JUSTIFICATION: As it currently stands, volunteer fire officers and
firefighters are entitled to he reimbursed for expenses incurred while
appearing before a court or other tribunal. They may also be
reimbursed for actual lost wages incurred at this time. The maximum
amount of reimbursement for lost wages is $100 and has not risen since
this law was chaptered over two decades ago. By raising this amount to
$200, we are ensuring that our volunteer fire officers and
firefighters may be justly and appropriately compensated for wages
lost while fulfilling such obligations to their volunteer fire
department.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11085
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 13, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to increasing the
maximum amount that may be paid to volunteer fire officers and fire-
fighters appearing before a court or other tribunal
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 72-o of the general municipal law,
as added by chapter 456 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as
follows:
2. The governing board of the municipal corporation or fire district
by resolution may provide for the payment, in the same manner as other
claims against the municipal corporation or fire district are audited,
allowed and paid, of all actual and necessary expenses of travel, meals
and lodging necessarily and reasonably incurred by such volunteer fire
officers and firefighters in [apppearing] APPEARING before a court or
other tribunal. Such resolution may also provide for the reimbursement
of all actual lost wages necessarily and reasonably incurred by such
volunteer fire officers and firefighters, up to a maximum of [one] TWO
hundred dollars per day. If such travel is by a car owned by the volun-
teer fire officer or firefighter, he may be paid a reasonable mileage
allowance for each mile actually and necessarily traveled by him in
appearing before such court or other tribunal. If such claim includes
any amount for actual lost wages, a statement by the volunteer fire
officer's or firefighter's employer shall be attached. Any claim for
such expenses or reimbursement shall have endorsed thereon, or attached
thereto, a statement by the chief officer of the fire department or fire
district that he was notified of the volunteer fire officer's or fire-
fighter's receipt of a subpoena requiring him to appear and give testi-
mony before a court or other tribunal, such chief officer's authori-
zation therefor and copy of such subpoena.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17115-01-0
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