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A05364 Summary:

BILL NOA05364
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01176
 
SPONSORLevenberg
 
COSPNSRStern, Buttenschon
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §2, Chap 606 of 2006
 
Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters.
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A05364 Actions:

BILL NOA05364
 
03/07/2023referred to local governments
01/03/2024referred to local governments
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A05364 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A5364
 
SPONSOR: Levenberg
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend chapter 606 of the laws of 2006, amending the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, relating to creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters, in relation to making such provisions permanent   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this legislation is to make permanent the long-standing law governing disability determinations for volunteer firefighters due to disease or malfunction of the lungs.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends the Chapter 606 relating to the Volunteer Firefighter Benefit Law that governs disability resulting from lung disease by making this provision permanent instead of letting it expire on June 30, 2025. Section 2. Establishes the effective date.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): Not applicable at this time.   JUSTIFICATION: In the line of duty, firefighters are exposed to gasses, toxins and other substances that have damaging effects on the respiratory system both short and long term. Firefighters experience •risks for lung disease at significantly higher rates compared to the average adult population because of contact with numerous harmful chemicals from combustions. This legislation would permanently extend a long-standing and successful safety net for all volunteer firefighters.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: S.2973 of 2021/2022 S.5419 and A.7352 of 2019/2020   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: There are no fiscal implications associated with   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A05364 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5364
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 7, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LEVENBERG  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Local Governments
 
        AN ACT to amend chapter 606 of the laws of 2006, amending the  volunteer
          firefighters' benefit law, relating to creating a presumption relating
          to  certain  lung  disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters, in
          relation to making such provisions permanent
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 2 of chapter 606 of the laws of 2006, amending the
     2  volunteer firefighters' benefit law, relating to creating a  presumption
     3  relating  to  certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefight-
     4  ers, as amended by section 1 of item BB of subpart  B  of  part  XXX  of
     5  chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     6    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be
     7  deemed repealed June 30, 2025].
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04123-01-3
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