N.Y. Workers’ Compensation Law 303 – Provision of workmen's compensation for civil defense volunteers
§ 303. Provision of workmen's compensation for civil defense volunteers. A civil defense volunteer performing authorized civil defense services shall be deemed to be in special employment of his local office as defined in the state defense emergency act. Workmen's compensation benefits are provided in this article for disability or death proximately caused by injury in the course of such special employment without regard to fault as a cause of injury. Such special employment may be within the area under the jurisdiction of the local director in which civil defense volunteers of said local office are mobilized or outside such area where civil defense volunteers are operating in accordance with plans approved by or orders issued by the New York state civil defense commission.
Terms Used In N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 303
- Civil defense volunteers: shall include those members of the civil defense forces under the provisions of the state defense emergency act who are volunteer persons serving without compensation in the personnel of volunteer agencies. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 302
- Commission: shall mean the state civil defense commission created by article three of the state defense emergency act, and "state director" shall mean the New York state director of civil defense appointed under the provisions of said act. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 302
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.