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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4778--A
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 8, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Local Governments --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
          Local  Governments  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
 

        AN  ACT  to  legalize,  validate,  ratify  and confirm the Penn Yan fire
          department 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 other provision of law, all proceedings
     2  and  actions  taken  by  the  village  of  Penn Yan, county of Yates, in
     3  relation to creating a length of service award program for the Penn  Yan
     4  fire  department in 1999 pursuant to article 11-A of the general munici-
     5  pal law, including the adoption of  a  point  system  whereby  volunteer
     6  firefighters  may  participate in various activities of the fire depart-
     7  ment during the course of a year in order to earn sufficient  points  to
     8  be credited with a year of service toward qualifying benefits, are here-

     9  by  legalized,  validated,  ratified  and  confirmed  provided that such
    10  village has adopted a length of service award program, including a point
    11  system, that is in  compliance  with  the  general  municipal  law,  and
    12  provided  further  that  such  village's length of service award program
    13  fund is currently sufficiently  funded to cover the costs of such length
    14  of service award program and point system that was in violation  of  the
    15  general municipal law.
    16    §  2.  The  Penn  Yan  fire department length of service award program
    17  described in section one of this act shall be deemed  to  have  been  in
    18  full  force and effect on and after January 1, 1999, and volunteer fire-
    19  fighters participating in such service award program during  the  period
    20  beginning January 1, 1999 and ending December 31, 2011 shall be credited

    21  with  points  for participation in activities of such fire department in
    22  accordance with the point system adopted by the village of Penn Yan.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01272-02-4