New York A 3044: Provides that a fire company may elect to include call firefighters within its membership who shall receive a stipend for each call that he or she responds to

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A03044 Summary:

BILL NOA03044 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORStirpe

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COSPNSRSteck, Eachus, Buttenschon, Shimsky, Wieder

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §201-a, Gen Muni L

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Provides that a fire company may elect to include call firefighters within its membership who shall receive a stipend for each call that such firefighter responds to.

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BILL NOA03044 

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01/23/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3044

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, STECK, EACHUS, BUTTENSCHON, SHIMSKY --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to call fire-
 fighters

 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 201-a to read as follows:
 3 § 201-a. Call firefighters. Any volunteer fire company of a county,
 4 city, town, village, fire district, fire protection district or any
 5 other entity that operates a volunteer fire company, may elect to
 6 include within its membership, call firefighters. Such call firefighters
 7 shall serve at the call of the fire company, and shall receive a stipend
 8 each time such call firefighter responds to a call by such fire company.
 9 The amount of such stipend shall be determined by the fire company, but
 10 shall not exceed fifty dollars per call or five thousand dollars annual-
 11 ly per call firefighter. Call firefighters shall meet all criteria and
 12 requirements necessary to be a volunteer firefighter. Candidates for
 13 call firefighters shall apply to the fire company in a manner and form
 14 to be determined by such fire company. Call firefighters shall in all
 15 respects be afforded the status and benefits of volunteer firefighters
 16 and shall be eligible to participate in the length of service award
 17 program, provided however that call firefighters shall not be entitled
 18 to any pension or retirement benefits afforded to full-time professional
 19 firefighters.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03682-01-5

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