Relates to reimbursement for the response costs of certain municipalities or district corporations which are duly authorized to provide emergency services, emergency medical services, or general ambulance services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9373
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 6, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to reimbursement
for the response costs of certain municipalities or district corpo-
rations which are duly authorized to provide emergency services, emer-
gency medical services, or general ambulance services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
2 section 209-ff to read as follows:
3 § 209-ff. Reimbursement for response costs of municipalities or
4 district corporations authorized to provide certain emergency services.
5 The state shall compensate, in whole or in part, municipalities or
6 district corporations duly authorized to provide emergency services,
7 emergency medical services, or general ambulance services for such emer-
8 gency services provided on interstate six hundred eighty-four, the Saw
9 Mill River parkway and any other state highway which passes through or
10 is located near the towns of Somers, Bedford, Lewisboro, Mt. Kisco, New
11 Castle, North Castle, North Salem and Pound Ridge. For purposes of this
12 section, response costs shall be limited to those necessary and reason-
13 able costs which are directly incurred in response to a specific emer-
14 gency. Statements of qualifying claims shall be submitted by munici-
15 palities or district corporations duly authorized to provide emergency
16 services, emergency medical services, or general ambulance services to
17 the state comptroller within ninety days of the date such services were
18 provided. In no event shall a municipality or district corporation
19 receive reimbursement from the state pursuant to this section until such
20 municipality or district corporation has exhausted all rights of recov-
21 ery from other sources. The state comptroller has the authority to
22 promulgate rules and regulations regarding submission of claims and
23 state reimbursement of response costs.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
25 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the state comptroller
26 is authorized to adopt, amend and promulgate such rules and regulations
27 as may be necessary and desirable to effectuate the provisions of this
28 act.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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