Requires the New York state thruway authority to reimburse municipalities, volunteer fire companies and volunteer ambulance companies for expenses incurred in rendering fire, police or other emergency services on the thruway.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3959
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 7, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
New York state thruway authority to reimburse municipalities, volun-
teer fire companies or volunteer ambulance companies for certain
expenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 360 of the public authorities law, as amended by
2 chapter 766 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 360. Operation and maintenance. 1. Operation and maintenance by the
4 authority of any thruway section or connection or any part thereof or of
5 a highway connection, the New York state canal system of which it has
6 assumed jurisdiction shall be performed (a) by the use of authority
7 forces and equipment at the expense of the authority or by agreement at
8 the expense of the state or other parties; (b) by contract with munici-
9 palities or independent contractors; (c) at the request of the authori-
10 ty, by the commissioner and his subordinates in the department of trans-
11 portation as agents for, and at the expense of the authority, or (d) by
12 a combination of such methods.
13 2. The authority shall, further, be responsible for reimbursement to a
14 municipality, volunteer fire company or volunteer ambulance company for
15 police, fire or other emergency services rendered by any such munici-
16 pality, volunteer fire company or volunteer ambulance company as a
17 result of an accident or incident on such thruway, where the cost to the
18 subject municipality, volunteer fire company or volunteer ambulance
19 company for provision of services as a result of the accident or inci-
20 dent is in excess of two hundred fifty dollars. For the purposes hereof,
21 the value of services for a particular accident or incident shall be
22 established by the subject municipality, volunteer fire company or
23 volunteer ambulance company, by consideration of salaries, benefits and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 time of personnel assigned together with pro rata expenses of products,
2 vehicles and equipment utilized. Statements of qualifying claims shall
3 be submitted by the municipality, volunteer fire company or volunteer
4 ambulance company to the authority within ninety days of the occurrence
5 of the incident or accident.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
