NY State Senate Bill S3068

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Mar 13, 2023	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 27, 2023	referred to local government

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S3068 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5351
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §122-b, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S7642

S3068 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of special districts for general ambulance services in any county, city, town or village located within the Adirondack park.

S3068 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S3068

SPONSOR: STEC
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would authorize municipalities within the Adirondack park to
establish a special district for general ambulance services, and would
require a report by the commissioner of the Division of Homeland Securi-
ty and Emergency Services to identify challenges concerning volunteer
emergency services or personnel.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1- This bill would allow any county, city, town or village with-
in the Adirondack park to establish a special district for the financing
and operation of general ambulance services.

Section 2 - This bill would also require a report with recommendations
on volunteer firefighter and ambulances services by the commissioner of
the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.

Section 3 -Provides effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Article 11 of the Town Law governs the requirements to form a fire
district. Presently, a town board or village board of trustees may
establish a joint fire district, when the territory in the joint fire
district is contiguous. However, for a town to establish a new fireò
district, it must be outside of any village or city. This restriction
creates difficulty for districts in rural communities or those with
unique geography such as waterways or mountains, as transportation
networks can be limited and response times unavoidably delayed. This
difficulty has led to difficulty obtaining volunteer crews, as each
individual crew member can be required to cover more territory and put
in more hours than in other areas of the state.

According to the New York State Department of Health, a 2013 analysis
showed that the average scene to destination time throughout New York
State was 13.16 minutes. However, in the Adirondack mountain region, for
instance, it was significantly higher in many areas, with the average
scene to destination time in Clinton County being 17.77 minutes, Essex
County 25.55 minutes, Franklin County 18.32 minutes, Hamilton County
53.46 minutes, and Warren County 21.59 minutes. These delayed response
times pose a great threat to saving lives, protecting property and
encouraging the recruitment and retention of volunteers.

This bill seeks to address this issue in two ways. First, it would allow
a municipality to establish a special district with any county, city,
town, or village, thereby allowing communities to establish districts
with economies of scale and participants, in an effort to increase the
quality of emergency protection services.

Second, it would further require a study by the Division of Homeland

Security and Emergency Services, calling upon its experts in the state
office of fire prevention and control, to investigate, report and make
recommendations on how to encourage recruitment of crews and improved
response times for their operations.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022/2021: S7642 referred to Local Government

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect immediately.

S3068 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3068
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  STEC,  OBERACKER, ORTT, TEDISCO -- 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 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08071-01-3
 S. 3068                             2

 
 of a fire department or fire company which is subject to the  provisions
 of section two hundred nine-b of this chapter;
   [(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.

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Daniel G. Stec

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

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Peter Oberacker

Robert G. Ortt

James Tedisco

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S3068 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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