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Assembly Bill A6663

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments

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2013-A6663 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4933
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง204-b, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9877, S2402
2011-2012: A5292, S4713
2015-2016: A5833, S4579
2017-2018: A7085, S2571
2019-2020: A5558, S167
2021-2022: A4445, S2596
2023-2024: A3662, S2270
2025-2026: A2079, S3083

2013-A6663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; furthermore, such participants may not enter a burning structure.

2013-A6663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6663

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. OAKS, BARCLAY, CORWIN, HAWLEY, JORDAN, MONTESANO
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  CROUCH,  DUPREY,  FINCH,  GIGLIO,
  MAGEE, McKEVITT, PALMESANO, REILICH, SALADINO, WEISENBERG -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to participants
  in youth programs sponsored by fire departments

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of section 204-b of the general municipal
law, as added by chapter 386 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read  as
follows:
  5. All activities of participants in such program shall be approved in
advance by the chief, or his OR HER designee. [No activities may include
emergency  duties  in  connection  with  fire department or fire company
operations or any other hazardous activity.] PARTICIPANTS MAY RESPOND TO
AN EMERGENCY OR HAZARDOUS ACTIVITY, BUT SHALL REMAIN IN A DESIGNATED  OR
MARKED  OFF AREA THAT HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE CHIEF OR OFFICER IN CHARGE.
SUCH PARTICIPANT CANNOT RESPOND TO  AN  EMERGENCY  ON  A  VEHICLE  USING
LIGHTS  AND/OR  SIRENS.   FURTHERMORE, SUCH PARTICIPANTS MAY NOT ENTER A
BURNING STRUCTURE NOR SHALL PARTICIPANTS IN A YOUTH PROGRAM PURSUANT  TO
THIS  SECTION  FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION OF ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01653-01-3

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