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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Cities

AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the training
  of fire officers in cities of one million or more

  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. TRAINING OF FIRE OFFICERS. IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION  OF
ONE  MILLION  OR MORE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH CITY, IN COORDINATION
WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF SUCH CITY, SHALL NO LATER  THAN  JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, PROVIDE TO ALL FIRE OFFICERS OF SUCH CITY AT
LEAST  FORTY  HOURS  OF  FIELD TRAINING AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN THE
FIRE CODE OF SUCH CITY AND AT LEAST FORTY HOURS OF  FIELD  TRAINING  AND
CLASSROOM  INSTRUCTION  IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LOCAL
ORDINANCES OF SUCH CITY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE  INSPECTION  DUTIES  OF
FIRE  OFFICERS  AND  ANY PERTINENT CHANGES IN SUCH DUTIES RESULTING FROM
THE ENACTMENT OF OR ANY AMENDMENT TO ANY OF SUCH CODES THAT TOOK  EFFECT
ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





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