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Assembly Bill A5558

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments

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2019-A5558 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S167
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §204-b, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9877, S2402
2011-2012: A5292, S4713
2013-2014: A6663, S4933
2015-2016: A5833, S4579
2017-2018: A7085, S2571
2021-2022: A4445, S2596
2023-2024: A3662, S2270
2025-2026: A2079, S3083

2019-A5558 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; furthermore, such participants may not enter a burning structure.

2019-A5558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5558
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MANKTELOW -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. STEC
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  participants
   in youth programs sponsored by fire departments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 204-b  of  the  general  municipal
 law,  as added by chapter 386 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. All activities of participants in such program shall be approved in
 advance by the chief, or his OR HER designee. [No activities may include
 emergency duties in connection with  fire  department  or  fire  company
 operations or any other hazardous activity.] PARTICIPANTS MAY RESPOND TO
 AN  EMERGENCY OR HAZARDOUS ACTIVITY, BUT SHALL REMAIN IN A DESIGNATED OR
 MARKED OFF AREA THAT HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE CHIEF OR OFFICER IN  CHARGE.
 SUCH  PARTICIPANT  CANNOT  RESPOND  TO  AN  EMERGENCY ON A VEHICLE USING
 LIGHTS AND/OR SIRENS.  FURTHERMORE, SUCH PARTICIPANTS MAY  NOT  ENTER  A
 BURNING  STRUCTURE NOR SHALL PARTICIPANTS IN A YOUTH PROGRAM PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION OF ACTIVE  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTER
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04845-01-9

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