Senate Bill S3070

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Includes step children within the meaning of the term "child" for purposes of additional credits for children of firefighters, police officers, EMTs and paramedics killed in the line of duty

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

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2017-S3070 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A636
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§85-a - 85-c, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5989, A8992
2015-2016: S3604, A929
2019-2020: S3099, A840

2017-S3070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes step children within the meaning of the term "child" for purposes of additional credits for children of firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics killed in the line of duty.

2017-S3070 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3070
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO, AVELLA, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Civil
   Service and Pensions
 
 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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