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                                   6401
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing for a
   program  sponsor  to  amend  a point system as part of a service award
   program
 
   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 (q) to read as follows:
   (Q) THE PROGRAM SPONSOR MAY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE  PARTICIPATION  IN
 DEPARTMENT  RESPONSES  POINT  SYSTEM  CATEGORY PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH
 (VI) OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION 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  PERMIT-
 TED  TO  RESPOND AND ARE RESTRICTED FROM RESPONDING TO ALL NON-EMERGENCY
 RESCUE AND FIRST AID SQUAD CALLS AND/OR ALL EMERGENCY RESCUE  AND  FIRST
 AID  SQUAD CALLS.   SUCH RESTRICTIONS ON RESPONSE MAY RELATE TO DETERMI-
 NATIONS MADE BY THE DISTRICT PHYSICIAN OR DEPARTMENT'S 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, PARTICIPANTS IN THOSE GROUPS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO THE
 MINIMUM NUMBER OF EMERGENCY CALLS ASSIGNED TO THEIR  GROUP  BY  APPLYING
 THE PERCENTAGE PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (VI) OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS
 SECTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN
 OF THIS ARTICLE, A POINT SYSTEM AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS  WRITTEN  EMERGENCY
 RESPONSE  PROTOCOLS  MAY  BE ADOPTED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST
 SIXTY PERCENT OF SUCH GOVERNING BOARD, WITHOUT REFERENDUM.  SUCH  AMEND-
 MENT SHALL ONLY TAKE EFFECT AS OF THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT SUCCEED-
 ING  THE  COMPLETION  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS  REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION OF THE
 AMENDMENT AND SHALL ONLY APPLY  PROSPECTIVELY  UNLESS  THE  NEW  WRITTEN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01234-02-1

 A. 6401                             2
 
 EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  PROTOCOL  IS  ADOPTED  IN  ORDER TO ADDRESS A STATE
 DISASTER EMERGENCY, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  SECTION  TWENTY  OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  APPLICABLE  TO THE COUNTY OR COUNTIES IN WHICH THE
 FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATES, IN WHICH CASE SUCH AMENDMENT MAY BE APPLIED IN
 THE YEAR ADOPTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.