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- Referred to local governments
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Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the Penn Yan fire department length of service award program
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor Philip Palmesano
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6998
Title of bill
An act to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm the Penn Yan fire department length of service award program
Purpose
This bill would allow volunteer firefighters to participate in various activities of the fire department during the course of a year in order to earn sufficient points to be credited with a year of service toward qualifying benefits.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 - The Penn Yan fire department in 1999 pursuant to article 11-A of the general municipal law, including the adoption of a point system whereby volunteer firefighters may participate during the course of a year in various activities and earn points to qualify for benefits is hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed.
Section 2 - The Penn Yan fire department length of service award program will have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 1999, and volunteer firefighters who have participated in this service award program during the period beginning January 1, 1999 and ending December 31, 2011 will be credited with points in accordance with the point system adopted by the village of Penn Yan.
Section 3 - This act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
The Village of Penn Yan created a LOSAP for the Penn Yan Fire Department in 1999 by adopting a resolution creating the LOSAP and holding a referendum which ratified the creation of the LOSAP. Although a point system was devised by the fire companies of the Penn Yan Fire Department the point system was never approved by the Board of Trustees until December 20, 2011, which approval was required by GML Article 11-A. The volunteer firefighters performed their firefighting service with a good faith expectation that they would qualify for each annual "year of service" in which, based upon their participation in sufficient activities of the Fire Department, they earned the requisite number of points that year for such qualifications. It would be an injustice for benefits to be denied any volunteer firefighter who, with a good faith expectation of receiving LOSAP benefits, participated in activities of the Fire Department at a level to earn years of service, thereby qualifying for LOSAP benefits.
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Fiscal implications
None to State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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