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Assembly Bill A9021

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to disabilities or death of sanitation department employees caused by leptospirosis

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2023-A9021 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §207-aa, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1847

2023-A9021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to evidence that leptospirosis that caused disability or death of a sanitation department employee was incurred in the performance of such sanitation department employee's duties.

2023-A9021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9021
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  disabilities
   of sanitation department employees caused by leptospirosis
 
   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 207-aa to read as follows:
   § 207-AA. DISABILITIES OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF SANITATION
 DEPARTMENTS  CAUSED BY LEPTOSPIROSIS. 1.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS
 OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY CONDITION  OF
 IMPAIRMENT  OF  HEALTH  CAUSED BY LEPTOSPIROSIS THAT RESULTS IN TOTAL OR
 PARTIAL DISABILITY OR DEATH TO A PAID MEMBER OF THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF A
 SANITATION DEPARTMENT, WHERE SUCH MEMBER IS DRAWN FROM COMPETITIVE CIVIL
 SERVICE LISTS AND SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION UPON  ENTRY
 INTO  THE  SERVICE  OF  SUCH SANITATION DEPARTMENT, AND SUCH EXAMINATION
 FAILED TO REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH CONDITION,  SHALL  BE  PRESUMPTIVE
 EVIDENCE  THAT  SUCH  CONDITION  WAS  INCURRED  IN  THE  PERFORMANCE AND
 DISCHARGE OF SUCH MEMBER'S DUTY, UNLESS COMPETENT EVIDENCE PROVES OTHER-
 WISE.
   2. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  THE  WORKERS'
 COMPENSATION LAW AND THE LABOR LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14243-01-4

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