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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4655
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 14, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SKELOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
        AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation  to
          the New York state fallen firefighter memorial
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 7 of the volunteer  firefighters'  benefit  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 47 to read as follows:
     3    47.  In  the case of a death of a volunteer firefighter, regardless of
     4  whether such death occurred before, on or after the  effective  date  of
     5  this  subdivision,  that  results from services performed in the line of
     6  duty, as determined by an authoritative agency including, but not limit-
     7  ed to, the  workers'  compensation  board,  the  federal  Department  of
     8  Justice,  the  office of fire prevention and control or pursuant to this
     9  chapter, the name of that firefighter shall be inscribed  upon  the  New
    10  York state fallen firefighter memorial on the Capitol Mall in Albany.

    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04215-01-1