New York S 10577: Provides pay per call and paid on call stipends for volunteer firefighters and travel expense reimbursement for call response

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S10577 Summary:

BILL NOS10577 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10630

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SPONSORWEBER

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §200-aaa, amd §§205-g & 72-g, Gen Muni L; amd §3, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §176, Town L

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Allows an authority having jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department or fire company in a county, city, town, village, fire district, or fire protection district to provide volunteer firefighters with a stipend for responses to calls and for certain standby services.

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BILL NOS10577 

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05/26/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

05/27/2026RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10577

 IN SENATE

 May 26, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- 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, the volunteer firefighters'
 benefit law and the town law, in relation to providing pay per call
 and paid on call stipends for volunteer firefighters and travel
 expense reimbursement for call response

 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 200-aaa to read as follows:
 3 § 200-aaa. Pay per call and paid on call nominal compensation
 4 (stipends) for volunteer firefighters. 1. For purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "fire department" and "fire company" shall have the meanings as
 6 defined in section three of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law;
 7 (b) "pay per call compensation (stipend)" means payment of a nominal
 8 fee to a volunteer firefighter of a stipend for response to an emergency
 9 call of their fire department or fire company as defined in the local
 10 rules and regulations established for the program;
 11 (c) "paid on call compensation (stipend)" means a payment of a nominal
 12 fee to a volunteer firefighter for participating in a standby activity
 13 as defined in the local rules and regulations established for the
 14 program;
 15 (d) "volunteer firefighter" shall have the same meaning as defined in
 16 section three of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law. An active
 17 volunteer firefighter may participate in a pay per call and paid on call
 18 stipend program adopted under this statute and such participation shall
 19 not cause that volunteer firefighter or call firefighter to be consid-
 20 ered a paid firefighter as that term is used in section one hundred
 21 seventy-six of the town law or any other statute;
 22 (e) "call firefighter" means a volunteer firefighter participating in
 23 a pay per call and paid on call compensation (stipend) program. Such
 24 participation shall not change such firefighter's volunteer status; and
 25 (f) "authority having jurisdiction" mean the governing board of a
 26 city, town, village or fire district which maintains a volunteer fire

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15208-01-6

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 1 department or volunteer fire company or which contracts with a volunteer
 2 fire department or fire company to receive fire protection and related
 3 emergency services outside of a fire district.
 4 2. The authority having jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department
 5 or fire company in a county, city, town, village, fire district, fire
 6 protection district, any other entity that operates a volunteer fire
 7 department or company, an independent volunteer fire company, or an
 8 independent fire company that operates as a fire corporation may elect
 9 to permit active volunteer firefighters to serve as call firefighters
 10 such that they may receive a stipend each time such call firefighter
 11 responds to an emergency call of their fire department or fire company
 12 and/ or provides certain standby services.
 13 3. A pay per call and/or paid on call compensation (stipend) program
 14 for volunteer firefighters of a fire department or fire company may be
 15 approved by