| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2018 |
committed to rules |
| Mar 22, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
| Mar 21, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
| Mar 20, 2018 |
1st report cal.696 |
| Feb 09, 2018 |
print number 1609a |
| Feb 09, 2018 |
amend and recommit to cities |
| Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to cities |
| Jan 10, 2017 |
referred to cities |
Senate Bill S1609A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2017-S1609 - Details
2017-S1609 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1609
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing
immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire
officers
PURPOSE :
The bill will provide immunity from administrative action against New
York City Fire Officers who, due to lack of such training, are
effectively unable to properly conduct building inspections.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section one of the bill provides that a fire officer of the New York
City Fire Department ("FDNY") will be immune from administrative
liability for any act or omission stemming from the failure of FDNY to
provide the fire officer with proper training in regard to (i) the New
York City building and construction codes and local ordinances, (ii)
the inspection duties of fire fighters, or (iii) changes to the codes
that became effective on or after July 1, 2008.
Section two of the bill provides that this act shall take effect
immediately.
2017-S1609 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1609
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing
immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire
officers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
section 209-ff to read as follows:
§ 209-FF. LIABILITY OF FIRE OFFICERS. IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE FIRE OFFICERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH
CITY SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY RELATING TO ANY ACT
OR OMISSION WHICH MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FAILURE OF THE FIRE DEPART-
MENT OF SUCH CITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO SUCH OFFICERS IN REGARD TO THE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LOCAL ORDINANCES OF SUCH CITY, WITH
AN EMPHASIS ON THE INSPECTION DUTIES OF FIRE OFFICERS, AND ANY PERTINENT
CHANGES IN SUCH DUTIES RESULTING FROM THE ENACTMENT OF OR ANY AMENDMENT
TO ANY OF SUCH CODES ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
§ 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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co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2017-S1609A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S1609A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1609A
SPONSOR: GOLDEN
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation
to providing immunity from administrative action against certain New
York city fire officers
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The bill will provide immunity from administrative action against New
York City Fire Officers who, due to lack of such training, are effec-
tively unable to properly conduct building inspections.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill provides that a fire officer of the New York
City Fire Department ("FDNY") will be immune from administrative liabil-
ity for any act or omission stemming from the failure of FDNY to provide
the fire officer with proper training in regard to (i) the New York City
building and construction codes and local ordinances, (ii) the
inspection duties of fire fighters, or (iii) changes to the codes that
2017-S1609A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1609--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Cities in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing
immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire
officers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
section 209-fff to read as follows:
§ 209-FFF. LIABILITY OF FIRE OFFICERS. IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION
OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE FIRE OFFICERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH
CITY SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY RELATING TO ANY ACT
OR OMISSION WHICH MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FAILURE OF THE FIRE DEPART-
MENT OF SUCH CITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO SUCH OFFICERS IN REGARD TO THE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LOCAL ORDINANCES OF SUCH CITY, WITH
AN EMPHASIS ON THE INSPECTION DUTIES OF FIRE OFFICERS, AND ANY PERTINENT
CHANGES IN SUCH DUTIES RESULTING FROM THE ENACTMENT OF OR ANY AMENDMENT
TO ANY OF SUCH CODES ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06039-02-8
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