Senate Bill S7947

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to training of city firefighters promoted to first-line supervisor

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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-S7947 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10353
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-x, Gen Muni L

2017-S7947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to training of city firefighters promoted to first-line supervisor.

2017-S7947 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7947
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 12, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARCHIONE -- (at request of the Division of Homeland
   Security and Emergency Services) -- 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 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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