S10240 Summary:
| BILL NO | S10240 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A08817 |
| SPONSOR | HARCKHAM |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Authorizes Larry Mendel to receive his 30 years of service credit granting eligibility for the length of service award program. | |
S10240 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10240 IN SENATE May 8, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government 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: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Larry 2 Mendel, who retired from his position as a volunteer firefighter after 3 more than 30 years with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department, through 4 no fault of his own, was not awarded the length of service award under 5 article 11-A of the general municipal law for working such time with 6 such fire department. His certificates stating and commemorating his 30 7 years of service shall be adequate to prove his time served. Larry 8 Mendel shall be awarded the benefits under the length of service award 9 program he would have received had there been appropriate record keep- 10 ing. 11 § 2. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act 12 shall be borne by Glatfelter Specialty Benefits pursuant to their 13 contractual obligations with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department for 14 administering the length of service award program established under 15 article 11-A of the general municipal law. 16 § 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