Provides immunity from administrative action against New York City fire officers who, due to lack of training, are effectively unable to properly conduct building inspections.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4122
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing
immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire
officers
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. Liability of fire officers. In any city with a population of
4 one million or more, the fire officers of the fire department of such
5 city shall be immune from administrative liability relating to any act
6 or omission which may be attributable to the failure of the fire depart-
7 ment of such city to provide training to such officers in regard to the
8 building and construction codes and local ordinances of such city, with
9 an emphasis on the inspection duties of fire officers, and any pertinent
10 changes in such duties resulting from the enactment of or any amendment
11 to any of such codes on or after July first, two thousand eight.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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