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A08224 Summary:

BILL NOA08224
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07554
 
SPONSORNorber
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §216-a, Gen Muni L
 
Allows political subdivisions which contract to receive fire protection services from a special fire company or department to jointly establish a service award program with political subdivisions which contract to receive ambulance services from the same special fire company or department.
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A08224 Actions:

BILL NOA08224
 
05/05/2025referred to local governments
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A08224 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8224
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 5, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. NORBER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments
 
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing poli-
          tical  subdivisions which contract to receive fire protection services
          from a special fire company  or  department  to  jointly  establish  a
          service  award  program  with political subdivisions which contract to
          receive ambulance services from  the  same  special  fire  company  or
          department
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 10 of section 216-a  of  the  general
     2  municipal  law,  as  added by chapter 550 of the laws of 1995, paragraph
     3  (b) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 714 of the laws of 2006,  and
     4  subdivision  10  as  renumbered  by chapter 452 of the laws of 2004, are
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    1.  The  political  subdivisions  which  contract  to   receive   fire
     7  protection  services,  ambulance  services,  or both from a special fire
     8  company or department may jointly establish a service award program  for
     9  the  volunteer  firefighters of such special fire company or department,
    10  provided, however, that no such service award program  shall  be  estab-
    11  lished  unless  each  and every political subdivision which contracts to
    12  receive fire protection services, ambulance services, or both  from  the
    13  special fire company or department joins in establishing the program.
    14    2. A service award program for the volunteer firefighters of a special
    15  fire company or department shall be jointly established by the political
    16  subdivisions  which  contract to receive fire protection services, ambu-
    17  lance services, or both from such fire company or department only if:
    18    (a) the governing board of each and every such  political  subdivision
    19  approves  an  agreement to jointly sponsor the program by an affirmative
    20  vote of at least sixty percent of the governing board; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11736-01-5

        A. 8224                             2
 
     1    (b) the eligible voters of each and every such  political  subdivision
     2  separately approve a proposition authorizing their political subdivision
     3  to  jointly  sponsor  the  program  to  be administered by the political
     4  subdivision or the state of New York.
     5    10.  In  the event that the governing board of a political subdivision
     6  which is a party to an agreement to  jointly  sponsor  a  service  award
     7  program  for  the  volunteer  firefighters  of a special fire company or
     8  department ceases to contract to receive fire protection services, ambu-
     9  lance services, or both from the special fire company or department, the
    10  political subdivision shall cease to be a sponsor of the  service  award
    11  program  and  shall  be  deemed  to have withdrawn from the agreement in
    12  accordance with the terms of the agreement without further action by the
    13  governing board or voters of any political subdivision.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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