New York A 3468: Relates to special districts for ambulance services

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A03468 Summary:

BILL NOA03468 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02659

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SPONSORSimpson

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COSPNSRBendett, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §122-b, Gen Muni L

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Relates to the establishment of special districts for general ambulance services in any county, city, town or village located within the Adirondack park.

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BILL NOA03468 

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01/27/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3468

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMPSON, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the establish-
 ment of special districts for general ambulance services within the
 Adirondack park

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 1 of section
 2 122-b of the general municipal law, paragraphs (d) and (f) as amended by
 3 chapter 303 of the laws of 1980 and paragraph (e) as amended by section
 4 2 of part KK of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new
 5 closing paragraph is added to read as follows:
 6 (d) Establish a special district for the financing and operation of
 7 general ambulance services as set forth by this section, whereby any
 8 county, city, town or village, either wholly or partially within the
 9 Adirondack park, acting individually, or jointly with any other county,
 10 city, town and/or village, either wholly or partially within the Adiron-
 11 dack park, through its governing body or bodies, following applicable
 12 procedures as are required for the establishment of fire districts in
 13 article eleven of the town law or following applicable procedures as are
 14 required for the establishment of joint fire districts in article
 15 eleven-A of the town law, with such special district being authorized by
 16 this section to be established in all or any part of any such partic-
 17 ipating county or counties, town or towns, city or cities and/or village
 18 or villages;
 19 (e) Employ any combination of the methods authorized in paragraph (a),
 20 (b) [or], (c) or (d) of this subdivision;
 21 [(e)] (f) A contract may be entered into pursuant to the provisions of
 22 this section for the services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad
 23 of a fire department or fire company which is subject to the provisions
 24 of section two hundred nine-b of this chapter;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04880-01-5

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 1 [(f)] (g) Consider prehospital emergency treatment as that care
 2 provided by certified emergency medical technicians or certified
 3 advanced emergency medical technicians certified pursuant to the
 4 provisions of article thirty of the public health law.
 5 Any county, city, town or village which establishes or participates in
 6 a joint district pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subdivision shall
 7 dissolve and abolish any preexisting local district serving the same
 8 jurisdiction.
 9 § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the general
 10 municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is amended
 11 to read as follows:
 12 [(e)] (f) No contract shall be entered into pursuant to the provisions
 13 of this section for the services of an emergency rescue and first aid
 14 squad of a fire department or fire company which is subject to the
 15 provisions of section two hundred nine-b of [the general municipal law]
 16 this chapter;
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 18 the amendments to paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the
 19 general municipal law made by section one of this act shall be subject
 20 to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 4
 21 of part KK of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, when upon such date the
 22 provisions of sec