Bill Text: NY S01997 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits Essex county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement for emergency medical services and general ambulance services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-23 - SIGNED CHAP.395 [S01997 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01997-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1997--A
            Cal. No. 1155

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
          committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules
          -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading,
          passed  by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote recon-
          sidered, restored to third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation to permitting
          Essex county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement for emer-
          gency medical services and general ambulance services

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  122-b of the general municipal law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Essex  county
     4  may  enter  into  a  municipal  cooperative agreement with any municipal
     5  cooperation, fire  district,  fire  protection  district,  or  ambulance
     6  district  within  the  county, in order to finance and operate emergency
     7  medical services, general ambulance services or a  combination  of  such
     8  services  as  authorized by this section, as a joint service pursuant to
     9  article five-g of this chapter. Pursuant to  the  municipal  cooperative
    10  agreement, Essex county may contract with one or more individuals, asso-
    11  ciations,  or other organizations to implement the municipal cooperative
    12  agreement authorized by this act. The  expense  of  such  joint  service
    13  shall  be  assessed,  levied  and collected from all lots and parcels of
    14  land within the county which are subject to  the  municipal  cooperative
    15  agreement in the same manner and at the same time as other county charg-
    16  es.  Nothing herein shall be construed as mandating the participation of
    17  any existing emergency services agency  which  currently  provides  such
    18  services.
    19    § 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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