NY Gen Mun L § 200-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 10 - Firefighters and Police Officers 200-C - Leaves of Absence for Volunteer Firefighters Entering the Armed Forces of the United States on or After July First, Nineteen Hundred Sixty-Six.

§  200-c.  Leaves  of  absence for volunteer firefighters entering the   armed forces of the United States  on  or  after  July  first,  nineteen   hundred  sixty-six.  1.  When,  on or after July first, nineteen hundred   sixty-six, a volunteer firefighter in good standing in the fire  company   of  which  he is a member enters upon active duty in the armed forces of   the United States (1) during any war between the United States  and  any   other  nation,  or (2) during the period beginning with the commencement   of the military and naval preparedness  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred   forty  and ending July first, nineteen hundred seventy-five, he shall be   deemed to be on leave of absence from  such  fire  company  during  such   active   duty,   provided,  however,  that  the  fire  company,  or  the   authorities having control of the fire company with the  concurrence  of   the  fire  company,  may  terminate  his  membership,  by  reason of his   continued military service, at any time after such a  leave  of  absence   shall  have  continued  for  five  years, and termination for such cause   shall constitute an honorable  discharge  from  the  fire  company,  and   provided  further  that  during  such active duty his membership in such   fire company shall terminate as provided by law when by  reason  of  his   voluntary  change  of  residence  he  shall no longer meet the residence   requirements for members of such fire company. Any certificate issued to   such volunteer firefighter as provided in section  two  hundred  two  of   this  article  shall  credit  him  with  the period of any such leave of   absence in the same manner as if he had served during such period  as  a   member of his fire company or department and had rendered service in all   respects as specified in section two hundred of this article. The period   of any such leave of absence shall be included in determining the period   of  service  necessary to qualify him as an exempt volunteer firefighter   pursuant to section two hundred of this article. During  the  period  of   any  such  leave of absence such volunteer firefighter shall not perform   any services or duties as a volunteer firefighter  except  for  services   and duties performed pursuant to subdivision one-a of this section.1-a.  A  volunteer  firefighter  on leave of absence, pursuant to this   section, may perform services and  duties  as  a  volunteer  firefighter   during  any period in which the armed forces of the United States grants   the volunteer firefighter  a  temporary  leave  from  military  service,   provided  that  such  services  and  duties  would  not violate any law,   regulation, rule or order of the United States or of the armed forces of   the United States. This subdivision shall not be construed to require  a   volunteer  firefighter  on  such temporary leave to perform services and   duties as a  volunteer  firefighter  during  any  temporary  leave  from   military service.2. During the period of any such leave of absence the fire company may   elect  to  membership another person meeting the membership requirements   of the fire company to take the place of the  volunteer  firefighter  on   such  active duty. Any person so elected to membership may continue as a   member of the fire company even though the person whose place he or  she   took  may  have  resumed his or her duties as a volunteer member of such   fire company, unless his or her membership shall terminate  as  provided   by  law  when  he or she shall no longer meet the residence requirements   for members of such fire company.