Bill Text: NY A05919 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to provide for the issuance of unit citations to police, fire, and emergency medical services units that responded to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and participated in the rescue and recovery operations on succeeding dates

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A05919 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05919-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5919
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 23, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. TOWNS, DenDEKKER, WALKER, GREENE -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to  provide for the issuance of unit citations to police, fire,
         and emergency medical services units that responded to  the  terrorist
         attacks  on  the  World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and partic-
         ipated in the rescue and recovery operations on succeeding dates
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  World  Trade  Center distinguished unit citations. a. The
    2  secretary of state shall issue World  Trade  Center  distinguished  unit
    3  citations to qualifying units. Such citation shall consist of two compo-
    4  nents:  (1)  a  suitable banner, plaque, citation, or other device, or a
    5  combination thereof, to be issued to a qualifying unit and (2)  a  suit-
    6  able  badge,  medal,  emblem,  or patch to be issued to all members of a
    7  qualifying unit at  the  time  the  unit  rendered  World  Trade  Center
    8  service.  Such  second  component  shall  be  issued posthumously to all
    9  deceased members of a qualifying unit who were members  thereof  at  the
   10  time the unit rendered World Trade Center service.
   11    b. For the purposes of this act:
   12    (1)  "World  Trade  Center  service"  means service at the World Trade
   13  Center on September 11, 2001 and participation in  rescue  and  recovery
   14  operations thereat on succeeding dates.
   15    (2)  A  "qualifying unit" is a group of police officers, firefighters,
   16  or emergency medical services personnel, whether professional or  volun-
   17  teer,  whose  members  rendered  World  Trade Center service. Qualifying
   18  units shall be designated on the basis of  the  smallest  organizational
   19  unit  that  rendered such service, e.g., precinct, company, squad, fire-
   20  house, etc.
   21    c. The secretary of state is authorized to do all things necessary  or
   22  convenient  to  carry  out the provisions of this act and is entitled to
   23  receive all reasonable cooperation therein as the secretary of state may
   24  require from all state agencies.
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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