Bill Text: NY A04858 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4858 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes the removal of fire commissioners for dereliction of duties; such dereliction shall include excessive, unexcused absences from regularly scheduled meetings.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - substituted by s3101 [A04858 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04858-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 3101                                                  A. 4858
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2011
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       IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO, JOHNSON, LARKIN,
         RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
         committed to the Committee on Local Government
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, SWEENEY, RAMOS, WEISENBERG,
         LAVINE  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M.  of A. CALHOUN, CROUCH, DESTITO,
         FINCH, GABRYSZAK, GIGLIO, KOLB, MAYERSOHN, PAULIN, WRIGHT -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation  to  the  removal  of  a  fire
         commissioner for dereliction of duty
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The town law is amended by adding a new  section  176-c  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  176-C.  REMOVAL OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS. ANY FIRE COMMISSIONER MAY BE
    4  REMOVED FOR DERELICTION OF DUTY. DERELICTION OF DUTY SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT
    5  NOT BE LIMITED TO, EXCESSIVE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES FROM REGULARLY SCHEDULED
    6  MEETINGS.  THESE  CRITERIA  FOR  REMOVAL ARE IN ADDITION TO THE CRITERIA
    7  PROVIDED IN SECTION THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.  ANY  REMOVAL
    8  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL TAKE PLACE PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURE FOR
    9  REMOVAL ESTABLISHED IN SECTION THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
   11  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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