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NY S02270
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/19/2023
Primary Sponsor
Pamela Helming
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AI Summary
- Amends General Municipal Law Section 204-b to modify restrictions on youth program participants in fire departments
- Permits youth program participants to respond to emergencies or hazardous activities while remaining in designated or marked-off areas established by the fire chief or officer in charge
- Prohibits youth participants from responding to emergencies in vehicles equipped with lights and/or sirens
- Prohibits youth participants from entering burning structures and excludes them from the definition of active volunteer firefighter under the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
- Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; provides such participants may not enter a burning structure.
Last Action
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1/3/2024
Committee Referrals
Local Government1/19/2023
Full Bill Text
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