S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5351
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 7, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMPSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the establish-
ment of special districts for general ambulance services within the
Adirondack park
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 1 of section
122-b of the general municipal law, paragraphs (d) and (f) as amended by
chapter 303 of the laws of 1980 and paragraph (e) as amended by section
2 of part KK of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new
closing paragraph is added to read as follows:
(d) ESTABLISH A SPECIAL DISTRICT FOR THE FINANCING AND OPERATION OF
GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICES AS SET FORTH BY THIS SECTION, WHEREBY ANY
COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY WITHIN THE
ADIRONDACK PARK, ACTING INDIVIDUALLY, OR JOINTLY WITH ANY OTHER COUNTY,
CITY, TOWN AND/OR VILLAGE, EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY WITHIN THE ADIRON-
DACK PARK, THROUGH ITS GOVERNING BODY OR BODIES, FOLLOWING APPLICABLE
PROCEDURES AS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIRE DISTRICTS IN
ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE TOWN LAW OR FOLLOWING APPLICABLE PROCEDURES AS ARE
REQUIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT FIRE DISTRICTS IN ARTICLE
ELEVEN-A OF THE TOWN LAW, WITH SUCH SPECIAL DISTRICT BEING AUTHORIZED BY
THIS SECTION TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ALL OR ANY PART OF ANY SUCH PARTIC-
IPATING COUNTY OR COUNTIES, TOWN OR TOWNS, CITY OR CITIES AND/OR VILLAGE
OR VILLAGES;
(E) Employ any combination of the methods authorized in paragraph (a),
(b) [or], (c) OR (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
[(e)] (F) A contract may be entered into pursuant to the provisions of
this section for the services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad
of a fire department or fire company which is subject to the provisions
of section two hundred nine-b of this chapter;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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[(f)] (G) Consider prehospital emergency treatment as that care
provided by certified emergency medical technicians or certified
advanced emergency medical technicians certified pursuant to the
provisions of article thirty of the public health law.
ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE WHICH ESTABLISHES OR PARTICIPATES IN
A JOINT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
DISSOLVE AND ABOLISH ANY PREEXISTING LOCAL DISTRICT SERVING THE SAME
JURISDICTION.
§ 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the general
municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is amended
to read as follows:
[(e)] (F) No contract shall be entered into pursuant to the provisions
of this section for the services of an emergency rescue and first aid
squad of a fire department or fire company which is subject to the
provisions of section two hundred nine-b of [the general municipal law]
THIS CHAPTER;
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the
general municipal law made by section one of this act shall be subject
to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 4
of part KK of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, when upon such date the
provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.