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Assembly Bill A5150

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs N.Y. city which has enacted a new fire code in 2008 to provide training to fire officers and firefighters to perform new duties

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2009-A5150 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3354
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง209-ff, Gen Muni L

2009-A5150 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs cities of one million or more which have enacted a new fire code in 2008 to provide training to fire officers and firefighters to perform new duties required by such fire code.

2009-A5150 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5150

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to duties of fire
  officers  and firefighters specified in the fire code enacted by local
  law in cities of one million or more in 2008

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

  Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
section 209-ff to read as follows:
  S 209-FF. DUTIES OF CERTAIN FIRE OFFICERS  AND  FIREFIGHTERS.  IN  ANY
CASE WHERE A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE HAS ENACTED A
NEW  FIRE  CODE AND A NEW CONSTRUCTION CODE BY LOCAL LAW IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT, AND SUCH CODE SPECIFIES  DUTIES  TO  BE  PERFORMED  BY  THE  FIRE
DEPARTMENT  OF  SUCH  CITY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH CITY SHALL TRAIN
ALL FIRE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS TO PERFORM SUCH DUTIES NO LATER  THAN
JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TEN,  INCLUDING  AT  LEAST  EIGHTY HOURS OF
INSTRUCTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08113-01-9

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