Allows a county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement with any municipal corporation, fire district, fire protection district, fire alarm district, or ambulance district within the county to provide joint emergency medical services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7707--A
IN SENATE
February 10, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing a
county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement to provide
joint emergency medical services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 122-b of the general municipal law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. Any county may enter into a municipal cooperative agreement,
4 subject to the provisions of article five-G of this chapter, with any
5 municipal corporation, fire district, fire protection district, fire
6 alarm district, ambulance district, or not-for-profit ambulance service
7 within the county, in order to finance and provide an emergency medical
8 service, a general ambulance service or a combination of such services,
9 as a joint service, pursuant to this section, and subject to the
10 restrictions of subdivision four of section two hundred nine-b of this
11 chapter. Pursuant to the municipal cooperative agreement, any county may
12 contract with one or more individuals, associations, or other organiza-
13 tions to implement the municipal cooperative agreement authorized by
14 this subdivision. The expenses of providing such joint service shall be
15 assessed, levied and collected from all lots and parcels of land within
16 the county which receive such joint service provided, however, that such
17 charges shall not be assessed on any lot or parcel that receives emer-
18 gency medical service, general ambulance service or a combination of
19 such services from a municipal corporation, fire district, fire
20 protection district or ambulance district that is not a party to the
21 municipal cooperative agreement. Nothing in this subdivision shall be
22 construed as mandating the participation of any existing municipal
23 corporation, fire district, fire protection district, ambulance
24 district, or not-for-profit ambulance service which currently provides
25 such services. Emergency medical services provided for pursuant to this
26 subdivision shall be deemed essential services.
27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15158-02-0