NY Gen Mun L § 219-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 11-AAAA - Supplemental Service Awards for Volunteer Ambulance Workers and Firefighters 219-S - Participation and Service Credit.

§  219-s.  Participation  and service credit. 1. A participant must be   eligible to participate in a supplemental award program  provided  under   this  article  if  the  participant  has reached entitlement age and has   completed at least one decade of service in the timeframe designated  by   the sponsor.2.  A  decade  of service shall be credited under a supplemental award   program for each calendar  year  in  the  timeframe  designated  by  the   sponsor.3.  In  order  to  provide  credit each sponsor shall review its prior   membership rosters to determine the number of decades of credit for each   participant who is entitled to credit.  In  making  this  analysis,  the   standards for active service set forth in subdivision (c) of section two   hundred seventeen or subdivision three of section two hundred nineteen-m   of  this  chapter and adopted by the sponsor shall be used. Approval for   such  prior  service  shall  require  certification  by  the  president,   secretary and chief of the volunteer fire company.4.  In  computing credit for those participants who also serve as paid   employees within a political subdivision of the state, credit shall  not   be  given  for  activities  performed  during the individual's regularly   assigned work periods.5. Sponsors may provide  credit  to  participants  whose  service  was   interrupted  by  full-time  extended obligatory military service or by a   single voluntary enlistment not to exceed four years in the armed forces   of the United States.6. The president, secretary and chief or comparable officers  of  each   volunteer  company  shall submit to the governing board of the sponsor a   list of all participants, certified under  oath,  which  shall  identify   those participants who have qualified for credit under the award program   for  the  previous  year. Such list shall be submitted annually by March   thirty-first or otherwise as provided by local resolution and  shall  be   accompanied  by  such  membership  records  as  the  governing board may   require to substantiate the accuracy of the  list.  Notwithstanding  the   provision  of this subdivision a participant may request that his or her   name be deleted from said list as  a  "participant."  Such  request  for   deletion  shall be in writing and shall remain effective until withdrawn   in the same manner.7. The governing board of the sponsor shall review the  list  and  may   delete  the  name  of  any  person whose point accumulation has not been   adequately documented. Thereafter, the governing board shall approve the   list and return a copy of  the  list  to  the  appropriate  company  and   forward   a   certified  copy  of  the  approved  list  to  the  program   administrator.8. Upon receipt of the approved list the company shall post  the  list   at  its  principal  headquarters for at least thirty days. A participant   whose name does not appear on the approved list shall have the right  to   appeal within thirty days of posting of the list. The appeal shall be in   writing  and  mailed to the clerk or secretary of the governing board of   the sponsor, which shall investigate the appeal.  The  decision  of  the   governing  board shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to article   seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.