New York A 9337: Relates to special districts for ambulance services and to volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staffing

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A09337 Summary:

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Amd §122-b, Gen Muni L; add §720, Exec 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; requires a report on issues of volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staffing.

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BILL NOA09337 

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12/10/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9337

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee 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; and to amend the executive law, in relation to a
 report on volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staffing

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the
 2 general municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is
 3 amended, paragraphs (e) and (f) are relettered paragraphs (f) and (g),
 4 and a new closing paragraph is added to read as follows:
 5 (d) Establish a special district for the financing and operation of
 6 general ambulance services as set forth by this section, whereby any
 7 county, city, town or village, either wholly or partially within the
 8 Adirondack park, acting individually, or jointly with any other county,
 9 city, town and/or village, either wholly or partially within the Adiron-
 10 dack park, through its governing body or bodies, following applicable
 11 procedures as are required for the establishment of fire districts in
 12 article eleven of the town law or following applicable procedures as are
 13 required for the establishment of joint fire districts in article
 14 eleven-A of the town law, with such special district being authorized by
 15 this section to be established in all or any part of any such partic-
 16 ipating county or counties, town or towns, city or cities and/or village
 17 or villages;
 18 (e) Employ any combination of the methods authorized in paragraph (a),
 19 (b) [or], (c) or (d) of this subdivision;
 20 Any county, city, town or village which establishes or participates in
 21 a joint district pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subdivision shall
 22 dissolve and abolish any preexisting local district serving the same
 23 jurisdiction.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05550-01-5

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 1 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 720 to read
 2 as follows:
 3 § 720. Report on volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staff-
 4 ing. 1. On or before the first day of January, two thousand twenty-sev-
 5 en, the commissioner, in consultation with the state office of fire
 6 prevention and control, shall prepare and publish a report on the staff-
 7 ing of volunteer firefighter and ambulance services in New York state.
 8 Such report shall examine and evaluate the challenges and issues
 9 concerning the recruiting and maintenance of trained, available staffing
 10 by volunteer fire departments, districts and companies as well as for
 11 volunteer ambulance districts and companies. Such report shall specif-
 12 ically examine and evaluate the challenges and issues that are partic-
 13 ular to rural areas of the state and areas with geographic challenges
 14 such as mountains, waterways or limited transportation networks.
 15 2. In addition to identifying challenges and issues concerning the
 16 recruiting and maintenance of trained, available staffing by volunteer
 17 fire departments, districts and companies as well as for volunteer ambu-
 18 lance districts and companies across New York state, as required by
 19 subdivision one of this section,