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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1997--B
            Cal. No. 1155
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
          committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules
          -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading,
          passed  by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote recon-
          sidered, restored to third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT in relation to permitting Essex county to enter into a municipal
          cooperative agreement for emergency medical services and general ambu-
          lance services
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  Essex county may enter into a municipal cooperative agree-
     2  ment,  subject to the provisions of article 5-G of the general municipal
     3  law, with any municipal  corporation,  fire  district,  fire  protection
     4  district,  or  ambulance district within the county, in order to finance
     5  and provide an emergency medical service, a general ambulance service or
     6  a combination of such services, as a joint service, pursuant to  section
     7  122-b  of  the general municipal law, and subject to the restrictions of
     8  subdivision 4 of section 209-b of the general municipal law. Pursuant to
     9  the municipal cooperative  agreement  and  in  the  manner  provided  in
    10  section  122-b  of  the general municipal law, Essex county may contract
    11  with one or more individuals, associations, or  other  organizations  to
    12  implement  the  municipal  cooperative agreement authorized by this act.
    13  The expenses of providing such joint service shall be  assessed,  levied
    14  and  collected from all lots and parcels of land within the county which
    15  receive such joint service provided, however, that  such  charges  shall
    16  not  be  assessed  on  any lot or parcel that receives emergency medical
    17  service, general ambulance service or a  combination  of  such  services
    18  from a municipal corporation, fire district, fire protection district or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05893-05-9
        S. 1997--B                          2
 
     1  ambulance  district  that  is  not  a party to the municipal cooperative
     2  agreement. Nothing herein shall be construed as  mandating  the  partic-
     3  ipation  of  any  existing  municipal  corporation,  fire district, fire
     4  protection  district or ambulance district which currently provides such
     5  services.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.