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Assembly Bill A6239

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides coverage for certain physical fitness programs to volunteer firefighters

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2019-A6239 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Vol Ffs Ben L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9443
2013-2014: A4484
2015-2016: A1594
2017-2018: A693

2019-A6239 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides coverage for certain physical fitness programs to volunteer firefighters.

2019-A6239 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6239
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation  to
   physical fitness programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph p of subdivision 1 of section 5 of the  volunteer
 firefighters'  benefit law, as added by chapter 614 of the laws of 1986,
 is amended to read as follows:
   p. While, within the state and pursuant to  orders  or  authorization,
 [instructing,  supervising,  being  instructed  or]  participating  in a
 [supervised] physical fitness [class, group session or program  for  the
 purpose  of  promoting  or  maintaining the performance of their duties]
 PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY AND  CONSISTING
 OF  INDIVIDUAL  OR GROUP TRAINING OR THE UTILIZATION OF FREE WEIGHTS AND
 CARDIOVASCULAR, STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY OR OTHER EQUIPMENT AND IS  LOCATED
 AT  A  FIREHOUSE  OR  ANY  OTHER  FACILITY THAT IS APPROVED BY SUCH FIRE
 DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING  OR  MAINTAINING
 THEIR  PHYSICAL  ABILITY TO PERFORM THE DUTIES ASSIGNED as firefighters,
 [as well as necessary travel to and necessary travel  from  such  activ-
 ity,]  but shall not include competitive sporting events in which volun-
 teer firefighters are competitors.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01886-01-9

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