Assembly Bill A10353

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10353
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 16, 2018
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI -- (at request of the Division of
   Homeland Security and Emergency Services) -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  training  of
   city firefighters promoted to a first-line supervisor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 209-x of the general municipal  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 667 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   §  209-x.  Training  of certain paid city firemen promoted to a first-
 line supervisory position.
   1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law
 or charter to the contrary,  any  officer  of  a  paid  fire  department
 promoted  to  a  first-line  supervisory  position after passing a civil
 service examination shall, on and after April  first,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-five,  attend  a  training  program,  APPROVED  BY THE STATE FIRE
 ADMINISTRATOR, not to exceed four weeks, in fire supervision [at the New
 York city fire academy] in accordance with rules and regulations promul-
 gated pursuant to article six-C of the executive law.
   2. The expenses incurred in furnishing such  program  in  fire  super-
 vision  to  an officer referred to in subdivision one hereof[, including
 the furnishing of meals and lodging at such academy,] shall be  paid  by
 the  city  of New York FOR FIRST-LINE SUPERVISOR TRAINING, INCLUDING THE
 FURNISHING OF MEALS AND LODGING AT  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  FIRE  ACADEMY.
 Reasonable  travel  expenses incurred by said officer shall also be paid
 by said city but only if such travel  expense  would  not  otherwise  be
 incurred by said officer in the regular course of this employment.
   3.  The  expenses  incurred  by  the city of New York pursuant to this
 section shall be reimbursed by the state, except that expenses  incurred
 by  such city in excess of one million dollars and directly attributable
 to training any officers of such city's fire  department  shall  not  be
 subject to state reimbursement.
   § 2. 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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