Assembly Bill A11429

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits a volunteer firefighter who is a paid employee of a political subdivision to earn credit for activities performed during regularly assigned work periods with appropriate muncipality

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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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2009-A11429 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง217, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3390
2013-2014: A4014

2009-A11429 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits a volunteer firefighter who serves as a paid employee of a political subdivision, to earn credit for activities performed during such individual's regularly assigned work periods if the appropriate municipality has approved in advance such participation.

2009-A11429 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  11429

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 14, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gabryszak,
  Molinaro) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local  Govern-
  ments

AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to service award
  programs for volunteer firefighters

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  (f)  of section 217 of the general municipal
law, as added by chapter 775 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read  as
follows:
  (f)  In  computing  credit for those active volunteer firefighters who
also serve as paid employees  within  a  political  subdivision  of  the
state,  credit  shall [not] be given for activities performed during the
individual's regularly assigned work  periods,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT
SUCH  INDIVIDUAL'S  PARTICIPATION SHALL BE PRECEDED BY APPROVAL FROM THE
APPROPRIATE MUNICIPALITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17434-02-0

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