File #: Int 0519-2007    Version: * Name: Allowing NYC’s volunteer ambulance companies to purchase gasoline or diesel fuel, for their ambulances, directly from the FDNY or NYPD.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services
On agenda: 2/1/2007
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing New York City’s volunteer ambulance companies to purchase gasoline or diesel fuel, for their ambulances, directly from the New York City Fire Department or New York City Police Department.
Sponsors: David I. Weprin, Lewis A. Fidler, James F. Gennaro, Vincent J. Gentile, Eric N. Gioia, Letitia James, G. Oliver Koppell, John C. Liu, Darlene Mealy, Michael C. Nelson, Joel Rivera, James Sanders, Jr., Helen Sears, James Vacca, Alan J. Gerson, Simcha Felder, Diana Reyna
Council Member Sponsors: 17

Int. No. 519

 

By Council Members Weprin, Fidler, Gennaro, Gentile, Gioia, James, Koppell, Liu, Mealy, Nelson, Rivera, Sanders Jr., Sears, Vacca, Gerson, Felder and Reyna

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing New York City’s volunteer ambulance companies to purchase gasoline or diesel fuel, for their ambulances, directly from the New York City Fire Department or New York City Police Department.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1.  Declaration of legislative findings and intent.  New York City’s volunteer ambulance companies provide essential medical services in the city’s five boroughs, supplementing the care provided by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) and private ambulance companies.   

Accordingly, the Council declares it reasonable and necessary to require the Fire Department and Police Department to sell gasoline and diesel fuel to New York City’s volunteer ambulance companies at cost plus five percent in order to assist the volunteer ambulance companies with their operation.

§2. Chapter one of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (3) to subdivision a of section 15-101 to read as follows:

(3) “Volunteer ambulance service” shall mean a volunteer ambulance service as such term is defined in section three thousand one of the public health law that is registered or certified in compliance with section three thousand five of the public health law.

§3. Chapter one of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-129 to read as follows:

§15-129 Volunteer ambulance service. a. The new york city police department and the new york city fire department shall make gasoline and diesel fuel available for sale to volunteer ambulance service providers, for use in their ambulances, at the cost at which the police department and fire department purchased the gasoline or diesel fuel plus five percent.

 §4 This local law shall take effect 90 days after its enactment into law.

 

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LS # 1641

11/20/06