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Assembly Bill A4232

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides that a fire department located in N.Y. city shall obtain state approval for fees charged for responding to accidents

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2019-A4232 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §159-d, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3981
2013-2014: A863
2015-2016: A2695
2017-2018: A4911

2019-A4232 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a fire department located in a city with a population of one million or more shall obtain state approval from the office of fire prevention and control for fees charged for responding to motor vehicle fires and accidents.

2019-A4232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4232
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
   MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  fees  charged  by
   certain fire departments for motor vehicle fires and accidents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  159-d
 to read as follows:
   §  159-D.  APPROVAL  FOR  FEES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 LAW, NO FIRE DEPARTMENT LOCATED IN A  CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR MORE SHALL CHARGE A FEE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO
 A MOTOR VEHICLE FIRE OR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT UNLESS SUCH FIRE  DEPART-
 MENT  OBTAINS APPROVAL FROM THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL TO
 CHARGE SUCH FEE. SUCH APPROVAL SHALL BE OBTAINED BY APPLICATION TO  SUCH
 OFFICE IN A MANNER AND FORM PRESCRIBED BY SUCH OFFICE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on  its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
 such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07249-01-9

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