Directs the secretary of state to issue World Trade Center distinguished unit citations to qualifying police, fire, and emergency medical services units; those units are units that responded on 9-11-01 or participated in rescue and recovery operation on subsequent dates; provides that the citations shall have a component for the unit and a component for the members; provides that units shall be recognized at the smallest organizational level, e.g., precinct, company, squad, firehouse, etc.; provides that deceased members shall be eligible for posthumous awards.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5575
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 23, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. TOWNS, STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Operations
AN ACT to provide for the issuance of unit citations to police, fire,
and emergency medical services units that responded to the terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and partic-
ipated in the rescue and recovery operations on succeeding dates
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. World Trade Center distinguished unit citations. a. The
2 secretary of state shall issue World Trade Center distinguished unit
3 citations to qualifying units. Such citation shall consist of two compo-
4 nents: (1) a suitable banner, plaque, citation, or other device, or a
5 combination thereof, to be issued to a qualifying unit and (2) a suit-
6 able badge, medal, emblem, or patch to be issued to all members of a
7 qualifying unit at the time the unit rendered World Trade Center
8 service. Such second component shall be issued posthumously to all
9 deceased members of a qualifying unit who were members thereof at the
10 time the unit rendered World Trade Center service.
11 b. For the purposes of this act:
12 (1) "World Trade Center service" means service at the World Trade
13 Center on September 11, 2001 and participation in rescue and recovery
14 operations thereat on succeeding dates.
15 (2) A "qualifying unit" is a group of police officers, firefighters,
16 or emergency medical services personnel, whether professional or volun-
17 teer, whose members rendered World Trade Center service. Qualifying
18 units shall be designated on the basis of the smallest organizational
19 unit that rendered such service, e.g., precinct, company, squad, fire-
20 house, etc.
21 c. The secretary of state is authorized to do all things necessary or
22 convenient to carry out the provisions of this act and is entitled to
23 receive all reasonable cooperation therein as the secretary of state may
24 require from all state agencies.
25 § 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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