BILL NO A05294
SAME AS No same as
SPONSOR Oaks (MS)
COSPNSR Calhoun, Fitzpatrick, Giglio, Hawley, Montesano, Palmesano, Tedisco,
Murray, Ceretto, Miller D, Goodell, Curran
MLTSPNSR Amedore, Barclay, Burling, Butler, Castelli, Conte, Corwin, Crouch,
Duprey, Finch, Jordan, Kolb, Lopez P, McDonough, McKevitt,
McLaughlin, Miller J, Rabbitt, Raia, Reilich, Saladino, Sayward,
Tenney, Walter
Amd S606, Tax L; amd SS401, 404-b & 404-f, V & T L; amd S92-a, Gen Muni L; add
S202-l, Lab L; amd SS2780 & 2781, add S2781-a, Pub Health L; add S26, Vol Ffs
Ben L; add S26, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L; add S307-a, County L; amd S4, Chap 668 of
1977
Enacts the "volunteer firefighter and ambulance worker protection and incentive
act of 2011"; increases the volunteer firefighters' and volunteer ambulance
workers' credit in the amount of five hundred dollars; exempts motor vehicles
used in the performance of such volunteers' duties from registration fees, use
taxes and special fees for volunteer license plates; establishes priority
access to wireless telephone and text messaging services for emergency service;
provides safety for employees who are late or miss work because they have
responded to an emergency; eliminates the expiration on benefits for volunteer
firefighters for disease and malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries.
