Assembly Bill A1791

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that benefits shall be paid to volunteer ambulance workers when such persons are standing by

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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-A1791 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5, Vol Amb Wrk Ben L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A2935

2009-A1791 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that benefits shall be paid to volunteer ambulance workers when such persons are standing by; includes "standing by" within necessary travel.

2009-A1791 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1791

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to  amend  the  volunteer  ambulance  workers'  benefit  law,  in
  relation to necessary travel

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 5 of the  volunteer
ambulance workers' benefit law is amended to read as follows:
  a.  Necessary travel to, working at, STANDING BY, and necessary travel
returning from an accident, alarm of accident, or other  duty  to  which
his OR HER ambulance department, ambulance company, or any unit thereof,
either  has  responded  or  would  be required or authorized to respond,
including necessary travel during such work or incidental thereto.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02319-01-9

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