Senate Bill S2516

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to optional disability coverage for county probation officers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2516 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A473
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7928, A10613
2019-2020: S1929, S8795, A2232
2021-2022: S2633, S2988, A994
2023-2024: S366, A147

2017-S2516 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides optional disability coverage for county probation officers.

2017-S2516 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2516 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2516
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GALLIVAN, ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to optional disa-
   bility coverage for county probation officers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal
 law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 522 of  the  laws  of  2015,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of
 the  sheriff's  department  of  any county (hereinafter referred to as a
 "[policeman] POLICE OFFICER") or any member of a  police  force  of  any
 county, city of less than one million population, town or village, or of
 any  district,  agency,  board,  body or commission thereof, or a detec-
 tive-investigator or any other investigator  who  is  a  police  officer
 pursuant to the provisions of the criminal procedure law employed in the
 office  of a district attorney of any county, or any corrections officer
 of the county of Erie department of corrections, or  an  advanced  ambu-
 lance  medical  technician  employed  by  the  county  of Nassau, or any
 detention officer employed by the city of Yonkers,  or  any  supervising
 fire  inspector,  fire inspector, fire marshal or assistant fire marshal
 employed full-time in the county of Nassau fire marshal's office, or  at
 the option of [the] ANY county [of Nassau], any COUNTY probation officer
 [of  the  county  of Nassau] who is injured in the performance of his OR
 HER duties or who is taken sick as a result of the performance of his OR
 HER duties so as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial  treat-
 ment  shall  be  paid by the municipality by which he OR SHE is employed
 the full amount of his OR HER regular salary or wages until his  OR  HER
 disability  arising  therefrom has ceased, and, in addition such munici-
 pality shall be liable for  all  medical  treatment  and  hospital  care
 necessitated  by  reason  of such injury or illness.  Provided, however,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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