Text of NY A 7943 (2004)

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Floor Votes Memo Text A07943 Summary: BILL NOA07943 SAME ASNo same as SPONSORRules (Nolan) COSPNSRMcLaughlin, Grodenchik MLTSPNSR Amd S1 of Parts A & B, Chap 468 of 2002 Makes the domestic partner of a firefighter dying as a result of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01 eligible for the special accidental death benefits provided pursuant to section 208-f of the general municipal law and for health insurance coverage pursuant to section 12-126 of the administrative code of the city of New York and any other applicable provision of law.Go to top A07943 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7943 2003-2004 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 7, 2003 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Nolan, McLaughlin, Grodenchik) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend chapter 468 of the laws of 2002 relating to making certain domestic partners, parents, and widows and children of certain firefighters dying at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 eligible for special accidental death benefits pursuant to section 208-f of the general municipal law (Part A); and making certain domes- tic partners of certain firefighters dying at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 eligible for health benefits and making the surviving siblings of certain firefighters so dying eligible for certain pension benefits (Part B), in relation to extending the bene- fits of PART A and the health benefits of PART B to the domestic part- ner of an additional firefighter The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 1 of part A and subdivision a of 2 section 1 of part B of chapter 468 of the laws of 2002 relating to 3 making certain domestic partners, parents, and widows and children of 4 certain firefighters dying at the World Trade Center on September 11, 5 2001 eligible for special accidental death benefits pursuant to section 6 208-f of the general municipal law (Part A); and making certain domestic 7 partners of certain firefighters dying at the World Trade Center on 8 September 11, 2001 eligible for health benefits and making the surviving 9 siblings of certain firefighters so dying eligible for certain pension 10 benefits (Part B) are amended to read as follows: 11 a. The legislature finds and determines that Lawrence Virgilio, James 12 Pappageorge, Jay Ogren, Sergio Villanueva, John Chipura, Kevin Donnelly, 13 Keith Glascoe, Martin McWiliams, Dennis Mojica, Thomas A. Casoria, Paul 14 Gill, Kevin Prior, Dana Hannon, [Scott Kopytko,] Jeffrey Stark, Steven 15 Bates, and Mike Ragusa were employed as firefighters by the fire depart- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02912-02-3 A. 7943 2 1 ment of the city of New York and were killed in the course of such 2 employment at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Notwith- 3 standing any provision of any general, special, or local law to the 4 contrary, the provisions of section 208-f of the general municipal law 5 shall be deemed to apply to the registered and unregistered domestic 6 partners of Lawrence Virgilio, James Pappageorge, Jay Ogren, Sergio 7 Villanueva, John Chipura, Kevin Donnelly, Keith Glascoe, Martin McWil- 8 iams, Dennis Mojica, Thomas A. Casoria, Paul Gill, Kevin Prior, Dana 9 Hannon, [Scott Kopytko,] Jeffrey Stark, Steven Bates, and Mike Ragusa, 10 and such domestic partners shall be eligible for the special accidental 11 death benefit provided by such section upon the same terms and condi- 12 tions as other persons eligible to receive benefits pursuant to such 13 section. The benefits provided by this section shall be payable from the 14 general fund in monthly installments. 15 a. The legislature finds and determines that Lawrence Virgilio, James 16 Pappageorge, Jay Ogren, Sergio Villanueva, John Chipura, Kevin Donnelly, 17 Keith Glascoe, Martin McWiliams, Dennis Mojica, Thomas A. Casoria, Paul 18 Gill, Kevin Prior, Dana Hannon, [Scott Kopytko,] Jeffrey Stark, Steven 19 Bates, and Mike Ragusa were employed as firefighters by the fire depart- 20 ment of the city of New York and were killed in the course of such 21 employment at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Notwith- 22 standing any provision of any general, special, or local law or any 23 code, ordinance, or charter to the contrary, the provisions of section 24 12-126 of the administrative code of the city of New York and any other 25 applicable provision of law shall be deemed to apply to the registered 26 and unregistered domestic partners of Lawrence Virgilio, James Pappag- 27 eorge, Jay Ogren, Sergio Villanueva, John Chipura, Kevin Donnelly, Keith 28 Glascoe, Martin McWiliams, Dennis Mojica, Thomas A. Casoria, Paul Gill, 29 Kevin Prior, Dana Hannon, [Scott Kopytko,] Jeffrey Stark, Steven Bates, 30 and Mike Ragusa, and such domestic partners shall be eligible for the 31 health insurance coverage provided pursuant to such section 12-126 and 32 any other applicable provision of law upon the same terms and conditions 33 as apply to surviving spouses pursuant to such section or other applica- 34 ble provision of law. 35 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 36 have been in full force and effect on and after September 10, 2001. FISCAL NOTE.--If this bill were to be enacted in the 2003 Legislative Session, the cost to the city in fiscal year 2003-04 would be negligi- ble. Go to top Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps