New York S 3083: Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments

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S03083 Summary:

BILL NOS03083 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02079

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SPONSORHELMING

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COSPNSRTEDISCO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §204-b, Gen Muni L

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Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; provides such participants may not enter a burning structure.

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BILL NOS03083 

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01/23/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3083

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HELMING, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to participants
 in youth programs sponsored by fire departments

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 204-b of the general municipal
 2 law, as added by chapter 386 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 5. All activities of participants in such program shall be approved in
 5 advance by the chief, or [his] such chief's designee. [No activities may
 6 include emergency duties in connection with fire department or fire
 7 company operations or any other hazardous activity.] Participants may
 8 respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a
 9 designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or offi-
 10 cer in charge. Such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a
 11 vehicle using lights and/or sirens. Furthermore, such participants may
 12 not enter a burning structure nor shall participants in a youth program
 13 pursuant to this section fall under the definition of active volunteer
 14 firefighter as defined in section three of the volunteer firefighters'
 15 benefit law.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03679-01-5

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