Senate Bill S1210

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for a program sponsor to amend a point system as part of a service award program

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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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2021-S1210 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6401
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §217, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8863, A10928

2021-S1210 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for a program sponsor to amend a point system as part of a service award program.

2021-S1210 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1210 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1210
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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 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.

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