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NY A06661
Bill
Status
4/12/2013
Primary Sponsor
Robert Oaks
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AI Summary
- Increases the volunteer firefighter and ambulance worker tax credit from $200 to $500 per individual, or $1,000 for married couples filing jointly, for taxable years beginning January 1, 2013
- Exempts motor vehicles used by volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers from all motor vehicle registration fees, use taxes, and distinctive plate service charges
- Prohibits employers from terminating employees who are absent or late to work to respond to emergencies while performing duties as volunteer firefighters or ambulance service members
- Establishes procedures for health care providers and first responders to request physician evaluation and testing following significant exposure to patients' blood or bodily fluids, with costs covered as benefits
- Makes permanent the provisions providing disability benefits to volunteer firefighters for disease or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries, eliminating the June 30, 2015 expiration date
- Requires wireless telephone service suppliers to provide priority access to 911 calls and text messaging for emergency service providers during public emergencies
- Exempts volunteer ambulance services from tolls on state highways, bridges, tunnels, and toll roads while responding to emergencies or furnishing services
Legislative Description
Enacts the "Volunteer Firefighter and Ambulance Worker Protection and Incentive Act of 2013"; 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
6/17/2014