Assembly Bill A7615

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibitions imposed upon firefighters by paid fire companies

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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-A7615 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง220-i, Lab L

2009-A7615 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a paid fire company from prohibiting a paid firefighter from volunteering his or her services and time outside of work to another volunteer fire company or department.

2009-A7615 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7615

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. FIELDS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN  ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibitions imposed upon
  firefighters by paid fire companies

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

  Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 220-i to
read as follows:
  S 220-I. PROHIBITION OF OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT BY PAID FIRE COMPANY.    NO
PAID  FIRE  COMPANY SERVING A CITY, COUNTY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, INCLUDING A
CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,  SHALL  PROHIBIT  A  PAID
FIREFIGHTER  FROM  VOLUNTEERING  HIS  OR HER SERVICE AND TIME OUTSIDE OF
WORK WITH A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR DEPARTMENT. ANY  PROVISION  IN  AN
EMPLOYMENT  CONTRACT  WHICH  PROHIBITS SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED NULL
AND VOID.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10907-01-9

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