What's happening
This bill grants New York City fire officers immunity from administrative liability for issues arising from inadequate training on building codes and inspection duties.
Why it matters
Shifts responsibility for training deficiencies away from individual fire officers. the bill ensures officers cannot be held administratively liable if their mistakes stem from the department’s failure to provide adequate or updated training on building codes and inspection responsibilities.
Addresses evolving building codes and ordinances. as New York City’s codes change frequently, this immunity protects officers from being penalized due to gaps in training about new or amended regulations after July 1, 2008.
Could impact departmental accountability and public safety. while protecting individual officers, the bill may reduce pressure on the fire department to ensure comprehensive and timely training, possibly affecting the quality and consistency of code enforcement.
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Protect Fire Inspectors From Penalties
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History
- Print number 1995a
- Amend and recommit to governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
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Protect Fire Officers from Penalties
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Martin J. Golden
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1995--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 209-fff to read as follows:
§ 209-fff. Liability of fire officers. In any city with a population of one million or more, the fire officers of the fire department of such city shall be immune from administrative liability relating to any act or omission which may be attributable to the failure of the fire department of such city to provide training to such officers in regard to the building and construction codes and local ordinances of such city, with an emphasis on the inspection duties of fire officers, and any pertinent changes in such duties resulting from the enactment of or any amendment to any of such codes on or after July first, two thousand eight.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06039-03-8
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