Provides for a line of duty presumption for disabilities of deputy sheriffs in a city with a population of one million or more.

New York A08354 amends the general municipal law to establish a line of duty presumption for disabilities of deputy sheriffs in cities with a population of one million or more. This presumption applies to impairments of health caused by heart diseases resulting in total or partial disability or death. The bill specifies that such conditions are presumed to have been incurred in the performance of duty unless proven otherwise. Deputy sheriffs affected by this legislation will receive a pension equal to three-fourths of their final average salary.

Provides for a line of duty presumption for disabilities of deputy sheriffs in a city with a population of one million or more.

New York A08354 amends the general municipal law to establish a line of duty presumption for disabilities of deputy sheriffs in cities with a population of one million or more. This presumption applies to impairments of health caused by heart diseases resulting in total or partial disability or death. The bill specifies that such conditions are presumed to have been incurred in the performance of duty unless proven otherwise. Deputy sheriffs affected by this legislation will receive a pension equal to three-fourths of their final average salary.