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S06524 Summary:

BILL NOS06524
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08341
 
SPONSORGOUNARDES
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §58-a, Civ Serv L; add §204-dd, Gen Muni L; add §159-d, Exec L
 
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.
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S06524 Actions:

BILL NOS06524
 
06/14/2019REFERRED TO RULES
06/18/2019ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1650
06/19/2019PASSED SENATE
06/19/2019DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/19/2019referred to ways and means
06/20/2019substituted for a8341
06/20/2019ordered to third reading rules cal.571
06/20/2019passed assembly
06/20/2019returned to senate
12/10/2019DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
12/16/2019SIGNED CHAP.678
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S06524 Committee Votes:

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S06524 Floor Votes:

DATE:06/21/2019Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 141/3
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
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S06524 Memo:

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S06524 Text:



 
                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 [fewer
     7  than five] five or fewer fire fighters.
     8    (b)  has  successfully  completed  training  and education [courses of
     9  minimum contact hour criteria approved] requirements established by  the
    10  state  fire  administrator  [and  received certification for supervisory
    11  level 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.
                                                                   LBD11078-06-9

        S. 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.
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