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Assembly Bill A4778A

Signed By Governor

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the Penn Yan fire department length of service award program

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2013-A4778 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3913
Law Section:
Yates County
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A9912, S6998

2013-A4778 - Summary

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the Penn Yan fire department length of service award program.

2013-A4778 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4778

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 8, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to legalize, validate, ratify  and  confirm  the  Penn  Yan  fire
  department length of service award program

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all proceedings
and actions taken by the village  of  Penn  Yan,  county  of  Yates,  in
relation  to the creating a length of service award program for the Penn
Yan fire department in 1999 pursuant to  article  11-A  of  the  general
municipal  law,  including the adoption of a point system whereby volun-
teer firefighters may participate in  various  activities  of  the  fire
department  during  the  course  of  a  year in order to earn sufficient
points to be credited with a year of service toward qualifying benefits,
are hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed.
  S 2. The Penn Yan fire department  length  of  service  award  program
described  in  section  one  of this act shall be deemed to have been in
full force and effect on and after January 1, 1999, and volunteer  fire-
fighters  participating  in such service award program during the period
beginning January 1, 1999 and ending December 31, 2011 shall be credited
with points for participation in activities of such fire  department  in
accordance with the point system adopted by the village of Penn Yan.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01272-01-3

2013-A4778A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3913
Law Section:
Yates County
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A9912, S6998

2013-A4778A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the Penn Yan fire department length of service award program.

2013-A4778A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4778--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Local Governments --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
  Local  Governments  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  legalize,  validate,  ratify  and confirm the Penn Yan fire
  department length of service award program

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all proceedings
and  actions  taken  by  the  village  of  Penn Yan, county of Yates, in
relation to creating a length of service award program for the Penn  Yan
fire  department in 1999 pursuant to article 11-A of the general munici-
pal law, including the adoption of  a  point  system  whereby  volunteer
firefighters  may  participate in various activities of the fire depart-
ment during the course of a year in order to earn sufficient  points  to
be credited with a year of service toward qualifying benefits, are here-
by  legalized,  validated,  ratified  and  confirmed  provided that such
village has adopted a length of service award program, including a point
system, that is in  compliance  with  the  general  municipal  law,  and
provided  further  that  such  village's length of service award program
fund is currently sufficiently  funded to cover the costs of such length
of service award program and point system that was in violation  of  the
general municipal law.
  S  2.  The  Penn  Yan  fire department length of service award program
described in section one of this act shall be deemed  to  have  been  in
full  force and effect on and after January 1, 1999, and volunteer fire-
fighters participating in such service award program during  the  period
beginning January 1, 1999 and ending December 31, 2011 shall be credited
with  points  for participation in activities of such fire department in
accordance with the point system adopted by the village of Penn Yan.
  S 3. 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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