Assembly Bill A10300A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases benefits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers

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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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Bill Amendments

2019-A10300 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8086
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§8, 9, 10 & 11, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §§8, 9, 10 & 11, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3597, S1340
2023-2024: A5991, S5436

2019-A10300 - Summary

Increases benefits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.

2019-A10300 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10300
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 15, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. McMAHON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and  the  volun-
   teer  ambulance  workers'  benefit  law, in relation to increasing the
   amount of certain benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  8 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as
 amended by chapter 401 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  8.  Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of total disa-
 bility adjudged to be permanent the volunteer firefighter shall be  paid
 [six] TWELVE hundred dollars for each week during the continuance there-
 of.    Permanent  total  disability, within the meaning of this section,
 shall exist only if the earning capacity of  the  volunteer  firefighter
 has  been  lost permanently and totally as the result of the injury. The
 loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both  legs,  or  both
 eyes,  or  any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclusive proof to
 the contrary, constitute permanent total disability, but  in  all  other
 cases  permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance with
 the facts. Notwithstanding any other  provisions  of  this  chapter,  an
 injured  volunteer firefighter disabled due to the loss or total loss of
 use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or  both  feet,  or  both
 legs,  or any two thereof shall not suffer any diminution of such weekly
 benefit by engaging in business or employment provided his or her weekly
 earnings or wages, when combined with his or her  weekly  benefit  shall
 not  be  in  excess  of  [eight]  SIXTEEN  hundred  dollars; and further
 provided that the application  of  this  section  shall  not  result  in
 reduction  of  benefits  which  an  injured volunteer firefighter who is
 disabled due to the loss or total loss of use  of  both  eyes,  or  both
 hands,  or  both  arms,  or  both feet, or both legs, or any two thereof
 would otherwise be entitled to under any other provisions of this  arti-
 cle.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-A10300A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8086
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§8, 9, 10 & 11, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §§8, 9, 10 & 11, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3597, S1340
2023-2024: A5991, S5436

2019-A10300A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases benefits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.

2019-A10300A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10300--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 15, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. McMAHON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on  Local  Governments  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volun-
   teer ambulance workers' benefit law, in  relation  to  increasing  the
   amount of certain benefits

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 8 of the volunteer firefighters'  benefit  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  401  of  the  laws  of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 8. Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of  total  disa-
 bility  adjudged to be permanent the volunteer firefighter shall be paid
 [six] TWELVE hundred dollars for each week during the continuance there-
 of.  Permanent total disability, within the  meaning  of  this  section,
 shall  exist  only  if the earning capacity of the volunteer firefighter
 has been lost permanently and totally as the result of the  injury.  The
 loss  of  both  hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or both
 eyes, or any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclusive  proof  to
 the  contrary,  constitute  permanent total disability, but in all other
 cases permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance  with
 the  facts.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions of this chapter, an
 injured volunteer firefighter disabled due to the loss or total loss  of
 use  of  both  eyes,  or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both
 legs, or any two thereof shall not suffer any diminution of such  weekly
 benefit by engaging in business or employment provided his or her weekly
 earnings  or  wages,  when combined with his or her weekly benefit shall
 not be in  excess  of  [eight]  SIXTEEN  hundred  dollars;  and  further
 provided  that  the  application  of  this  section  shall not result in
 reduction of benefits which an  injured  volunteer  firefighter  who  is
 disabled  due  to  the  loss  or total loss of use of both eyes, or both
 hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both  legs,  or  any  two  thereof
 would  otherwise be entitled to under any other provisions of this arti-
 cle.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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