The New York State Senate

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                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2017
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend the civil service law,  in  relation  to  civil  service
  credits  for step children of firefighters, police officers, emergency
  medical technicians and paramedics killed in the line of duty

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 85-a of the civil service law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CHILD" SHALL INCLUDE (I) A
STEP CHILD OF A FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNI-
CIAN  OR  PARAMEDIC  KILLED  IN THE LINE OF DUTY, OR (II) THE CHILD OF A
SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A FIREFIGHTER,  POLICE  OFFICER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN  OR  PARAMEDIC KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
CHILD WAS BORN PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL  IS  KILLED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
  §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section  85-b  of the civil service law, as
amended by chapter 376 of the laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  [Definition] DEFINITIONS.  (A) As used in this section, "killed in
the line of duty" shall mean having died in the performance of  duty  as
the  natural  and  proximate  result of the World Trade Center attack on
September eleventh, two thousand one or as  the  natural  and  proximate
result  of  participation  in  the  rescue  effort that was conducted in
response to such attack.
  (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CHILD" SHALL INCLUDE (I) A
STEP CHILD OF A FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNI-
CIAN  OR  PARAMEDIC  KILLED  IN THE LINE OF DUTY, OR (II) THE CHILD OF A
SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A FIREFIGHTER,  POLICE  OFFICER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN  OR  PARAMEDIC KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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CHILD WAS BORN PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL  IS  KILLED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
  § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 85-c of the civil service law is amended
by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CHILD" SHALL INCLUDE (I) A
STEP  CHILD  OF A FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNI-
CIAN OR PARAMEDIC KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, OR (II)  THE  CHILD  OF  A
SURVIVING  SPOUSE  OF  A  FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN OR PARAMEDIC KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH
CHILD  WAS  BORN PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL IS KILLED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
  § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.