Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 29, 2021 |
vetoed memo.87 |
Dec 17, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 09, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.629 substituted for a7817 |
Jun 09, 2021 |
substituted by s6972 |
Jun 08, 2021 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.629 rules report cal.629 reported |
Jun 07, 2021 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 02, 2021 |
reported referred to ways and means |
May 25, 2021 |
referred to governmental employees |
Assembly Bill A7817
Vetoed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ABBATE
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6972 - Vetoed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Judy Griffin
2021-A7817 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A7817 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to certain lung disabilities incurred by members of the New York city transit authority in certain cases; provides that any lung condition resulting in total or partial disability or death to a member of the New York city transit authority, or its subsidiary corporation, where such member successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto, which exam failed to reveal evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been incurred in the performance and discharge of duty.
2021-A7817 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7817 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to certain lung disabilities incurred by members of the New York city transit authority in certain cases THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 13-168.1 to read as follows: § 13-168.1 TRANSIT AUTHORITY MEMBERS; PRESUMPTION IN CERTAIN DISEASES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER, ANY CONDITION OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH CAUSED BY DISEASES OF THE LUNG, RESULTING IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY OR DEATH TO A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR A MEMBER OF ITS SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THREE-A OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, WHERE SUCH MEMBER SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION ON ENTRY INTO SUCH SERVICE OR SUBSEQUENT THERETO, WHICH EXAMINATION FAILED TO REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH CONDITION, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50: SUMMARY OF BILL: This proposed legislation would amend the Administra- tive Code of the City of New York (ACCNY) to add a new Section 13-168.1 to provide a statutory presumption to Tier 1 and Tier 2 members of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) who are Transit Authority employees, and who become physically incapacitated for performance of duty, or die, due to lung disease. In determining whether qualifying lung disease was caused by employ- ment for the Transit Authority, the diagnosis of lung disease, absent evidence of such condition upon examination at hire, would be presump- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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