Assembly Bill A5919

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs the secretary of state to issue World Trade Center distinguished unit citations to qualifying police, fire, and emergency medical services units

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A5919 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
September Eleventh Terrorist Attacks
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A5575

2009-A5919 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the secretary of state to issue World Trade Center distinguished unit citations to qualifying police, fire, and emergency medical services units; those units are units that responded on 9-11-01 or participated in rescue and recovery operation on subsequent dates; provides that the citations shall have a component for the unit and a component for the members; provides that units shall be recognized at the smallest organizational level, e.g., precinct, company, squad, firehouse, etc.

2009-A5919 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5919

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TOWNS, DenDEKKER, WALKER, GREENE -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  provide for the issuance of unit citations to police, fire,
  and emergency medical services units that responded to  the  terrorist
  attacks  on  the  World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and partic-
  ipated in the rescue and recovery operations on succeeding dates

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

  Section  1.  World  Trade  Center distinguished unit citations. a. The
secretary of state shall issue World  Trade  Center  distinguished  unit
citations to qualifying units. Such citation shall consist of two compo-
nents:  (1)  a  suitable banner, plaque, citation, or other device, or a
combination thereof, to be issued to a qualifying unit and (2)  a  suit-
able  badge,  medal,  emblem,  or patch to be issued to all members of a
qualifying unit at  the  time  the  unit  rendered  World  Trade  Center
service.  Such  second  component  shall  be  issued posthumously to all
deceased members of a qualifying unit who were members  thereof  at  the
time the unit rendered World Trade Center service.
  b. For the purposes of this act:
  (1)  "World  Trade  Center  service"  means service at the World Trade
Center on September 11, 2001 and participation in  rescue  and  recovery
operations thereat on succeeding dates.
  (2)  A  "qualifying unit" is a group of police officers, firefighters,
or emergency medical services personnel, whether professional or  volun-
teer,  whose  members  rendered  World  Trade Center service. Qualifying
units shall be designated on the basis of  the  smallest  organizational
unit  that  rendered such service, e.g., precinct, company, squad, fire-
house, etc.
  c. The secretary of state is authorized to do all things necessary  or
convenient  to  carry  out the provisions of this act and is entitled to
receive all reasonable cooperation therein as the secretary of state may
require from all state agencies.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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