Assembly Bill A3672

                             
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                                   3672
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 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;  and  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to a
   report on volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staffing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the
 general municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is
 amended, paragraphs (e) and (f) are relettered paragraphs (f)  and  (g),
 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;
   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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 A. 3672                             2
 
   §  2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 720 to read
 as follows:
   §  720.  REPORT ON VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND AMBULANCE SERVICES STAFF-
 ING. 1. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEV-
 EN,  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE STATE OFFICE OF FIRE
 PREVENTION AND CONTROL, SHALL PREPARE AND PUBLISH A REPORT ON THE STAFF-
 ING OF VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND AMBULANCE SERVICES IN NEW  YORK  STATE.
 SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  EXAMINE  AND  EVALUATE  THE  CHALLENGES  AND ISSUES
 CONCERNING THE RECRUITING AND MAINTENANCE OF TRAINED, AVAILABLE STAFFING
 BY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES AS  WELL  AS  FOR
 VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES. SUCH REPORT SHALL SPECIF-
 ICALLY EXAMINE AND EVALUATE THE CHALLENGES AND ISSUES THAT  ARE  PARTIC-
 ULAR  TO  RURAL  AREAS OF THE STATE AND AREAS WITH GEOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
 SUCH AS MOUNTAINS, WATERWAYS OR LIMITED TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS.
   2. IN ADDITION TO IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES  AND  ISSUES  CONCERNING  THE
 RECRUITING  AND  MAINTENANCE OF TRAINED, AVAILABLE STAFFING BY VOLUNTEER
 FIRE DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES AS WELL AS FOR VOLUNTEER AMBU-
 LANCE DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES ACROSS NEW  YORK  STATE,  AS  REQUIRED  BY
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO MAKE RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS  ON HOW TO ADDRESS AND REMEDIATE THE CHALLENGES AND ISSUES IDENTI-
 FIED, WITH SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS BEING SUBMITTED  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  THE
 TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE
 CHAIR OF THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CHAIR
 OF THE ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT  THE  TIME  OF
 THE PUBLISHING OF THE REPORT.
   § 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 survive  the
 expiration  and  reversion  of  such section as provided in section 4 of
 part KK of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, as amended.