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Assembly Bill A8817

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Larry Mendel to receive his 30 years of service credit granting eligibility for the length of service award program

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2025-A8817 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
General Municipal

2025-A8817 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Larry Mendel to receive his 30 years of service credit granting eligibility for the length of service award program.

2025-A8817 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8817
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  in relation to authorizing Larry Mendel to receive his 30 years
   of service credit granting eligibility for the length of service award
   program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Larry
 Mendel,  who  retired from his position as a volunteer firefighter after
 more than 30 years with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department, through
 no fault of his own, was not awarded the length of service  award  under
 article  11-A  of  the  general municipal law for working such time with
 such fire department. His certificates stating and commemorating his  30
 years  of  service  shall  be  adequate  to prove his time served. Larry
 Mendel shall be awarded the benefits under the length of  service  award
 program  he  would have received had there been appropriate record keep-
 ing.
   § 2. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
 shall be borne  by  Glatfelter  Specialty  Benefits  pursuant  to  their
 contractual obligations with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department for
 administering  the  length  of  service  award program established under
 article 11-A of the general municipal law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11556-01-5

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