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Assembly Bill A3044

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides that a fire company may elect to include call firefighters within its membership who shall receive a stipend for each call that he or she responds to

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2025-A3044 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §201-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5744

2025-A3044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a fire company may elect to include call firefighters within its membership who shall receive a stipend for each call that such firefighter responds to.

2025-A3044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3044
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. STIRPE, STECK, EACHUS, BUTTENSCHON, SHIMSKY --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  call  fire-
   fighters
 
   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 201-a to read as follows:
   §  201-A.  CALL FIREFIGHTERS.  ANY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OF A COUNTY,
 CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, FIRE DISTRICT,  FIRE  PROTECTION  DISTRICT  OR  ANY
 OTHER  ENTITY  THAT  OPERATES  A  VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY, MAY ELECT TO
 INCLUDE WITHIN ITS MEMBERSHIP, CALL FIREFIGHTERS. SUCH CALL FIREFIGHTERS
 SHALL SERVE AT THE CALL OF THE FIRE COMPANY, AND SHALL RECEIVE A STIPEND
 EACH TIME SUCH CALL FIREFIGHTER RESPONDS TO A CALL BY SUCH FIRE COMPANY.
 THE AMOUNT OF SUCH STIPEND SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE FIRE COMPANY,  BUT
 SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS PER CALL OR FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUAL-
 LY  PER CALL FIREFIGHTER.  CALL FIREFIGHTERS SHALL MEET ALL CRITERIA AND
 REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO BE A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER.    CANDIDATES  FOR
 CALL  FIREFIGHTERS  SHALL APPLY TO THE FIRE COMPANY IN A MANNER AND FORM
 TO BE DETERMINED BY SUCH FIRE COMPANY. CALL FIREFIGHTERS  SHALL  IN  ALL
 RESPECTS  BE  AFFORDED THE STATUS AND BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS
 AND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN  THE  LENGTH  OF  SERVICE  AWARD
 PROGRAM,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER THAT CALL FIREFIGHTERS SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED
 TO ANY PENSION OR RETIREMENT BENEFITS AFFORDED TO FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL
 FIREFIGHTERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03682-01-5

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