S06524 Summary:
BILL NO | S06524 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A08341 |
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SPONSOR | GOUNARDES |
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Amd §58-a, Civ Serv L; add §204-dd, Gen Muni L; add §159-d, Exec L | |
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Relates to the minimum qualifications to serve as a fire chief in any fire department, fire district or fire protection district that employs six or more paid firefighters. |
S06524 Actions:
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06/14/2019 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1650 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2019 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2019 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2019 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | substituted for a8341 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.571 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/10/2019 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/16/2019 | SIGNED CHAP.678 |
S06524 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
ER
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
ER
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
ER
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
No
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
ER
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
No
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
ER
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S06524 Memo:
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S06524 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6524 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the civil service law, the general municipal law and the executive law, in relation to the minimum qualifications to serve as a fire chief in any fire department, fire district or fire protection district that employs six or more paid firefighters The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 2 58-a of the civil service law, subdivision 6 as amended and paragraph 3 (b) of subdivision 7 as added by chapter 406 of the laws of 2018, are 4 amended to read as follows: 5 6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to appointments made 6 by any county, city, town, village or fire district which employs [fewer7than five] five or fewer fire fighters. 8 (b) has successfully completed training and education [courses of9minimum contact hour criteria approved] requirements established by the 10 state fire administrator [and received certification for supervisory11level 1 or higher pursuant to 19 NYCRR 427.9]. 12 § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 13 204-dd to read as follows: 14 § 204-dd. Qualifications of a fire chief. No person shall be eligible 15 for appointment or election as the fire chief, or any title or rank that 16 includes the duties of the chief, in any fire department or fire company 17 with six or more paid firefighters, unless he or she meets requirements 18 as established by the most recently developed recommended best practices 19 for incident commanders adopted by the New York state division of home- 20 land security and emergency services, office of fire prevention and 21 control. The state fire administrator shall promulgate rules and regu- 22 lations based upon requirements established pursuant to the most recent- 23 ly developed recommended best practices for incident commanders. For the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11078-06-9S. 6524 2 1 purpose of this section, the term firefighter shall mean a member of a 2 fire department whose duties include fire service as defined in para- 3 graph d of subdivision eleven of section three hundred two of the 4 retirement and social security law and has been assigned by his or her 5 department as an interior firefighter. 6 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 159-d to 7 read as follows: 8 § 159-d. Training for fire chiefs. The state fire administrator may 9 conduct the training and education required for fire chiefs pursuant to 10 subdivision seven of section fifty-eight-a of the civil service law and 11 section two hundred four-dd of the general municipal law with sufficient 12 frequency to enable individuals to satisfy the necessary qualifications 13 for a fire chief pursuant to such section. To the extent practicable, 14 such training and education may be made available in all geographic 15 regions of the state. Such regions may be determined by the state fire 16 administrator. 17 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 18 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition of any 19 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its 20 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such 21 effective date.
S06524 LFIN:
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