BILL NO | A05294 |
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SAME AS | No same as |
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SPONSOR | Oaks (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Calhoun, Fitzpatrick, Giglio, Hawley, Montesano, Palmesano, Tedisco, Murray, Ceretto, Miller D,
Goodell, Curran |
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MLTSPNSR | Amedore, Barclay, Burling, Butler, Castelli, Conte, Corwin, Crouch, Duprey, Finch, Jordan, Kolb,
Lopez P, McDonough, McKevitt, McLaughlin, Miller J, Rabbitt, Raia, Reilich, Saladino, Sayward,
Tenney, Walter |
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Amd S606, Tax L; amd SS401, 404-b & 404-f, V & T L; amd S92-a, Gen Muni L; add S202-l, Lab L; amd SS2780 &
2781, add S2781-a, Pub Health L; add S26, Vol Ffs Ben L; add S26, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L; add S307-a, County L;
amd S4, Chap 668 of 1977 |
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Enacts the "volunteer firefighter and ambulance worker protection and incentive act of 2011"; increases the volunteer firefighters' and volunteer ambulance workers' credit in the amount of five hundred dollars; exempts motor vehicles used in the performance of such volunteers' duties from registration fees, use taxes and special fees for volunteer license plates; establishes priority access to wireless telephone and text messaging services for emergency service; provides safety for employees who are late or miss work because they have responded to an emergency; eliminates the expiration on benefits for volunteer firefighters for disease and malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries. |