Bill Text: NY A07783 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides immunity from administrative action against New York City fire officers who, due to lack of training, are effectively unable to properly conduct building inspections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental employees [A07783 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07783-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7783
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 4, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Employees
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to providing
         immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire
         officers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
    2  section 209-ff to read as follows:
    3    S 209-FF. LIABILITY OF FIRE OFFICERS. IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
    4  ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE FIRE OFFICERS OF THE FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OF  SUCH
    5  CITY  SHALL  BE IMMUNE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY RELATING TO ANY ACT
    6  OR OMISSION WHICH MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FAILURE OF THE FIRE DEPART-
    7  MENT OF SUCH CITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO SUCH OFFICERS IN REGARD TO  THE
    8  BUILDING  AND CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LOCAL ORDINANCES OF SUCH CITY, WITH
    9  AN EMPHASIS ON THE INSPECTION DUTIES OF FIRE OFFICERS, AND ANY PERTINENT
   10  CHANGES IN SUCH DUTIES RESULTING FROM THE ENACTMENT OF OR ANY  AMENDMENT
   11  TO ANY OF SUCH CODES ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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