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Assembly Bill A3933

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibition on certain first responders from charging fees charged by certain first responders

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2011-A3933 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง122-a, Gen Muni L

2011-A3933 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no municipality shall charge a person a fee for police department or fire department services provided in response to an accident or other emergency involving such person or his or her property.

2011-A3933 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3933

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 31, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
  certain  first  responders from charging fees charged by certain first
  responders

  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 122-a to read as follows:
  S 122-A. PROHIBITION ON CHARGING FEES  FOR  CERTAIN  FIRST  RESPONDERS
SERVICE.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, NO MUNICIPALITY
SHALL CHARGE A PERSON A FEE FOR POLICE  DEPARTMENT  OR  FIRE  DEPARTMENT
SERVICES  PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO AN ACCIDENT OR OTHER EMERGENCY INVOLV-
ING SUCH PERSON OR HIS OR HER PROPERTY. THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION
SHALL NOT APPLY TO AMBULANCE SERVICES.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date  is  authorized
to be made and completed on or before such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08369-01-1

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