Assembly Bill A8371

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain municipalities to establish fire departments to oversee firefighter entities within the municipality and ensure safe staffing of such firefighter entities

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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-A8371 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §209-h, Gen Muni L

2023-A8371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain municipalities to establish fire departments to oversee firefighter entities within the municipality and ensure safe staffing of such firefighter entities.

2023-A8371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8371
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   certain  municipalities to establish fire departments to oversee fire-
   fighter entities within the municipality and ensure safe  staffing  of
   such firefighter entities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 209-h to read as follows:
   §  209-H.  MUNICIPAL  FIRE  DEPARTMENTS;  SAFE  STAFFING.  1.  FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "FIREFIGHTER ENTITY" MEANS:
   (A) A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR  FIRE
 DISTRICT  FIRE  DEPARTMENT,  WHETHER  OR  NOT  ANY SUCH COMPANY HAS BEEN
 INCORPORATED UNDER ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW,
   (B) A FIRE CORPORATION THE MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS
 AND WAS INCORPORATED, AND WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED WITHIN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  IF  SUCH  CORPORATION  IS  BY  LAW UNDER THE GENERAL
 CONTROL OF, OR RECOGNIZED AS A FIRE CORPORATION BY, THE GOVERNING  BOARD
 OF A CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR FIRE DISTRICT, OR
   (C) A FIRE CORPORATION THE MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS
 AND  WHICH  WAS  INCORPORATED  UNDER,  OR  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF, ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW, WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED  WITHIN
 THIS  PARAGRAPH  AND  PARAGRAPH  (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF SUCH CORPO-
 RATION IS BY LAW UNDER THE GENERAL CONTROL OF, OR RECOGNIZED AS  A  FIRE
 CORPORATION  BY,  THE  GOVERNING  BOARD  OF  A CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, FIRE
 DISTRICT OR A DISTRICT CORPORATION OTHER THAN A FIRE DISTRICT.
   2. EACH COUNTY SHALL ESTABLISH A COUNTY FIREFIGHTER RESERVE  AND  EACH
 CITY,  TOWN,  AND  VILLAGE SHALL ESTABLISH A FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH SHALL
 OVERSEE AND COORDINATE EFFORTS BETWEEN ALL  FIREFIGHTER  ENTITIES  WHICH
 OPERATE  WITHIN  THE  MUNICIPALITY, WHICH FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COUNTY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13347-03-3

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