Bill Text: NY A04676 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Permits Essex county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement for emergency medical services and general ambulance services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-23 - SIGNED CHAP.395 [A04676 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04676-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4676--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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 19 ambulance district that is not a party to the municipal cooperative 20 agreement. Nothing herein shall be construed as mandating the partic- 21 ipation of any existing municipal corporation, fire district, fire 22 protection district or ambulance district which currently provides such 23 services. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05893-04-9