Bill Text: NY S04421 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides immunity from administrative action against New York City fire officers who, due to lack of training, are effectively unable to properly conduct building inspections.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S04421 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04421-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4421
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 27, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  providing
         immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire
         officers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 209-ff to read as follows:
    3    S 209-FF. LIABILITY OF FIRE OFFICERS. IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
    4  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE, THE FIRE OFFICERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH
    5  CITY SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY RELATING TO  ANY  ACT
    6  OR OMISSION WHICH MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FAILURE OF THE FIRE DEPART-
    7  MENT  OF SUCH CITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO SUCH OFFICERS IN REGARD TO THE
    8  BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LOCAL ORDINANCES OF SUCH CITY,  WITH
    9  AN EMPHASIS ON THE INSPECTION DUTIES OF FIRE OFFICERS, AND ANY PERTINENT
   10  CHANGES  IN SUCH DUTIES RESULTING FROM THE ENACTMENT OF OR ANY AMENDMENT
   11  TO ANY OF SUCH CODES ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
   12    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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