Senate Bill S8251

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency

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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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2019-S8251 - Details

Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§217, 219-e & 219-m, Gen Muni L

2019-S8251 - Summary

Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency.

2019-S8251 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8251 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8251
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KAMINSKY, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local
   Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  the  determi-
   nation of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters
   during  a  state  disaster  emergency  and  authorizing  service award
   program sponsors to adjust certain point  systems  when  such  sponsor
   adopts written emergency response protocols
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 217 of the general  municipal  law  is  amended  by
 adding two new subdivisions (p) and (q) to read as follows:
   (P)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  DETERMINING TOTAL POINTS EARNED FOR A CALENDAR
 YEAR, AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM MAY  PROVIDE
 FOR  THE  CREDITING  OF  FIVE  ADDITIONAL POINTS PER MONTH, PRORATED FOR
 PERIODS OF LESS THAN ONE MONTH, TO  EACH  ACTIVE  PARTICIPANT  FOR  EACH
 MONTH  THAT  SPECIAL  EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE IN PLACE RESTRICTING
 FIREFIGHTER RESPONSES TO  EMERGENCY  RESPONSES  AND/OR  RESTRICTING  THE
 HOLDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO GUIDELINES
 RELATED  TO  A  STATE  DISASTER  EMERGENCY,  AS  SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
 SECTION TWENTY OF THE EXECUTIVE  LAW,  DECLARED  PURSUANT  TO  EXECUTIVE
 ORDER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS AMENDED, TO ADDRESS THE
 OUTBREAK OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19.
   (Q) THE PROGRAM SPONSOR MAY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POINT SYSTEM CATE-
 GORY  ENTITLED "PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT RESPONSES" IN THE EVENT THAT
 SUCH PROGRAM SPONSOR ADOPTS WRITTEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOLS SETTING
 DIFFERENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,  FIRE
 COMPANIES,  SQUADS  AND UNITS THEREOF SUCH THAT CERTAIN PARTICIPANTS ARE
 NOT PERMITTED TO RESPOND AND RESTRICTED FROM RESPONDING TO ALL NON-EMER-
 GENCY RESCUE AND FIRST AID SQUAD CALLS AND/OR ALL EMERGENCY  RESCUE  AND
 FIRST  AID  SQUAD  CALLS.  SUCH  RESTRICTIONS  ON RESPONSE MAY RELATE TO
 DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE DISTRICT PHYSICIAN AS TO THE DUTIES THAT  MAY
 BE  ASSIGNED TO CERTAIN PERSONNEL. IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROGRAM SPONSOR
 ADOPTS DIFFERENT RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS  FOR  DIFFERENT  GROUPS,  PARTIC-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

co-Sponsors

2019-S8251A - Details

Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§217, 219-e & 219-m, Gen Muni L

2019-S8251A - Summary

Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency.

2019-S8251A - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8251A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8251--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KAMINSKY, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, MARTINEZ -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Local Government -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the determi-
   nation of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters
   and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency  and
   authorizing  service  award  program  sponsors to adjust certain point
   systems when such sponsor adopts written emergency response protocols
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  217  of  the general municipal law is amended by
 adding two new subdivisions (p) and (q) to read as follows:
   (P) FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING TOTAL POINTS  EARNED  FOR  A  CALENDAR
 YEAR,  AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM MAY PROVIDE
 FOR THE CREDITING OF FIVE ADDITIONAL  POINTS  PER  MONTH,  PRORATED  FOR
 PERIODS  OF  LESS  THAN  ONE  MONTH, TO EACH ACTIVE PARTICIPANT FOR EACH
 MONTH THAT SPECIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE  IN  PLACE  RESTRICTING
 FIREFIGHTER  RESPONSES  TO  EMERGENCY  RESPONSES  AND/OR RESTRICTING THE
 HOLDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO GUIDELINES
 RELATED TO A STATE DISASTER  EMERGENCY,  AS  SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  TWENTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE
 ORDER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS AMENDED, TO ADDRESS THE
 OUTBREAK OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19.
   (Q) THE PROGRAM SPONSOR MAY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POINT SYSTEM CATE-
 GORY ENTITLED "PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT RESPONSES" IN THE EVENT  THAT
 SUCH PROGRAM SPONSOR ADOPTS WRITTEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOLS SETTING
 DIFFERENT  EMERGENCY RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE
 COMPANIES, SQUADS AND UNITS THEREOF SUCH THAT CERTAIN  PARTICIPANTS  ARE
 NOT PERMITTED TO RESPOND AND RESTRICTED FROM RESPONDING TO ALL NON-EMER-
 GENCY  RESCUE  AND FIRST AID SQUAD CALLS AND/OR ALL EMERGENCY RESCUE AND
 FIRST AID SQUAD CALLS. SUCH  RESTRICTIONS  ON  RESPONSE  MAY  RELATE  TO
 DETERMINATIONS  MADE BY THE DISTRICT PHYSICIAN AS TO THE DUTIES THAT MAY
 BE ASSIGNED TO CERTAIN PERSONNEL. IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROGRAM  SPONSOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

co-Sponsors

2019-S8251B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§217, 219-e & 219-m, Gen Muni L

2019-S8251B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency.

2019-S8251B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8251B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8251--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KAMINSKY, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, MARTINEZ -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Local Government -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and recommitted to said committee -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  the  determi-
   nation of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters
   and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 217 of the general  municipal  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (p) to read as follows:
   (P)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  DETERMINING TOTAL POINTS EARNED FOR A CALENDAR
 YEAR IN WHICH A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY, AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  TWENTY
 OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  HAS  BEEN DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER
 NUMBER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS  AMENDED,  TO  ADDRESS
 THE  OUTBREAK  OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIRE-
 FIGHTER SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM MAY PROVIDE FOR THE  CREDITING  OF  UP  TO
 FIVE  ADDITIONAL POINTS PER MONTH, PRORATED FOR PERIODS OF LESS THAN ONE
 MONTH, TO EACH ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR EACH MONTH THAT  SPECIAL
 EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE IN PLACE RESTRICTING FIREFIGHTER RESPONSES
 TO  EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND/OR RESTRICTING THE HOLDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR
 WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO  GUIDELINES  RELATED  TO  THE  STATE
 DISASTER  EMERGENCY.  A  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  ELECTING TO PROVIDE THE
 ADDITIONAL POINTS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ADOPT A RESOL-
 UTION BY APRIL THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE DETERMINING THE NUMBER
 OF ADDITIONAL POINTS TO BE CREDITED PER MONTH, PROVIDED THAT  ANY  ADDI-
 TIONAL POINTS CREDITED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE IN ADDITION
 TO  ANY  OTHER  POINTS  EARNED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION DURING THE STATE
 DISASTER EMERGENCY.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 219-e of the general  municipal  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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