Bill Text: NY S03908 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides coverage for certain physical fitness programs to volunteer firefighters.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S03908 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03908-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3908
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 26, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  GRIFFO, MAZIARZ, SAVINO -- 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
         physical fitness programs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Paragraph p of subdivision 1 of section 5 of the volunteer
    2  firefighters' benefit law, as added by chapter 614 of the laws of  1986,
    3  is amended to read as follows:
    4    p.  While,  within  the state and pursuant to orders or authorization,
    5  [instructing, supervising,  being  instructed  or]  participating  in  a
    6  [supervised]  physical  fitness [class, group session or program for the
    7  purpose of promoting or maintaining the  performance  of  their  duties]
    8  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY AND CONSISTING
    9  OF INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP TRAINING OR THE UTILIZATION OF FREE  WEIGHTS  AND
   10  CARDIOVASCULAR,  STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY OR OTHER EQUIPMENT AND IS LOCATED
   11  AT A FIREHOUSE OR ANY OTHER FACILITY  THAT  IS  APPROVED  BY  SUCH  FIRE
   12  DEPARTMENT  OR  FIRE COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING OR MAINTAINING
   13  THEIR PHYSICAL ABILITY TO PERFORM THE DUTIES ASSIGNED  as  firefighters,
   14  [as  well  as  necessary travel to and necessary travel from such activ-
   15  ity,] but shall not include competitive sporting events in which  volun-
   16  teer firefighters are competitors.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06545-01-3