Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 03, 2011 |
signed chap.373 |
Jul 22, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 14, 2011 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1241 substituted for s4901 |
Jun 14, 2011 |
substituted by a7303 ordered to third reading cal.1241 |
Jun 13, 2011 |
committee discharged and committed to rules |
Apr 29, 2011 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S4901
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7303 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-S4901 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7303
- Law Section:
- Village Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §10-1006, Vil L; amd §176-b, Town L; amd §16-a, Gen City L, amd §1402, N-PC L
2011-S4901 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4901 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the village law, the town law, the general city law and the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to recognition of volunteer members of fire companies as duly elected and approved members of such fire companies PURPOSE: To ensure volunteer firefighters are duly elected or approved members of their respective companies. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends Section 10-1006(16) of the Village Law; Section 176-b(14) of the Town Law; Section l6-a(13)(3) of the General City Law and Section 1402(h)(2) of the Not-for-Profit law by extending the date on which volunteer members of fire companies are considered to be duly elected and approved by their respective companies. The bill would extend from January 1, 2003 to January 1, 2011 the date on which duly elected approved members shall be recognized notwithstanding any legal defect in their election or approval process. This section has been similarly amended and updated several times over the past 30 years. JUSTIFICATION:
2011-S4901 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 4901 A. 7303 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y April 29, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern- ment IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the village law, the town law, the general city law and the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to recognition of volunteer members of fire companies as duly elected and approved members of such fire companies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. This legislation is designed to update certain provisions of the village law, the town law, the general city law and the not-for-profit corporation law relating to recognition of volunteer firefighters as duly elected or approved members of their respective fire companies. Periodically, these provisions of law should be updated to ensure that firefighters recently recognized as volunteers are considered to be duly elected and approved members in their respec- tive fire companies, notwithstanding any legal defect in the election or approval process. This act updates the relevant statutory provisions and ensures that more recently elected or approved volunteer members of fire companies are recognized as duly elected or approved for all purposes in law, including but not limited to coverage under the volunteer fire- fighters' benefit law. S 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision 16 of section 10-1006 of the village law, as amended by chapter 393 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: (1) who was recognized on and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred fifty-four and prior to the first day of January, [two thousand three] TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, as a volunteer member of any fire company of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11002-01-1
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