Senate Bill S5537

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Exempts volunteer fire districts from requiring safety ropes and system components for use by firefighters and from the training in the use of such ropes

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • 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-S5537 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-a, Lab L

2009-S5537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts volunteer fire districts from requiring safety ropes and system components for use by firefighters and from the training in the use of such ropes.

2009-S5537 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5537

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FOLEY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to exempting  volunteer  fire
  districts from requiring safety ropes and system components for use by
  firefighters and from the training in the use of such ropes

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 27-a of the labor law  is  amended
by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
  E.  VOLUNTEER  FIRE  DISTRICTS  SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF
PARAGRAPH C OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11788-01-9

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