Assembly Bill A5533

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for certain death benefits to fire marshals employed by Nassau county

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A5533 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd R & SS L, generally
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9738

2023-A5533 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for certain death benefits to county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, chief fire marshals and division supervising fire marshals employed by Nassau county.

2023-A5533 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5533
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Governmental
   Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   providing certain death benefits to county fire marshals,  supervising
   fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief
   fire  marshals,  chief  fire  marshals  and  division supervising fire
   marshals employed by Nassau county
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 63-g of the retirement and social security law, as
 added by chapter 714 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 63-g. Disability benefits; certain disabilities. Notwithstanding any
 provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law to the
 contrary,  any member who is a COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL, fire marshal, super-
 vising fire marshal, division supervising fire marshal, assistant  chief
 fire  marshal,  chief  fire  marshal,  ASSISTANT  FIRE  MARSHAL, or fire
 marshal trainee employed by Nassau county who contracts any condition of
 impairment of health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in disa-
 bility or death to such COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL, fire  marshal,  supervising
 fire  marshal,  division  supervising fire marshal, assistant chief fire
 marshal, chief fire marshal, ASSISTANT FIRE  MARSHAL,  or  fire  marshal
 trainee, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such disabili-
 ty while so employed, shall be presumptive evidence that such disability
 was  incurred  in  the performance and discharge of duty and the natural
 and proximate result of an accident, unless the contrary  be  proved  by
 competent evidence; provided, however, that prior to entry into service,
 such  COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL, fire marshal, supervising fire marshal, divi-
 sion supervising fire marshal, assistant chief fire marshal, chief  fire
 marshal,  ASSISTANT  FIRE  MARSHAL, or fire marshal trainee successfully
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01827-02-3
 A. 5533                             2
              

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