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NY A05294
Bill
Status
2/15/2011
Primary Sponsor
Robert Oaks
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AI Summary
- Increases tax credit for active volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers from $200 to $500 per year, or $1,000 for married couples filing jointly, for taxable years beginning January 1, 2011
- Exempts motor vehicles owned and used by volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers from all registration fees, vehicle use taxes, and special plate service charges
- Prohibits employers from terminating employees who are absent or late due to responding to emergencies in their capacity as volunteer firefighters or ambulance workers
- Authorizes evaluation and HIV testing for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers exposed to blood or bodily fluids during duty, with costs covered as a benefit
- Makes permanent provisions providing disability benefits to volunteer firefighters for heart disease or coronary artery conditions, eliminating the June 30, 2015 expiration date
- Requires wireless telephone service providers to make priority access to 911 calls and text messaging available to emergency service providers during public emergencies
- Exempts volunteer ambulance services from toll payments on state highways, bridges, tunnels and toll roads when responding to emergencies
Legislative Description
Enacts the "volunteer firefighter and ambulance worker protection and incentive act of 2011"; increases the volunteer firefighters' and volunteer ambulance workers' credit in the amount of five hundred dollars; exempts motor vehicles used in the performance of such volunteers' duties from registration fees, use taxes and special fees for volunteer license plates; establishes priority access to wireless telephone and text messaging services for emergency service; provides safety for employees who are late or miss work because they have responded to an emergency; eliminates the expiration on benefits for volunteer firefighters for disease and malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries.
Last Action
held for consideration in ways and means
6/19/2012