N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 63-g*2: Disability benefits; certain disabilities

* § 63-g. Disability benefits; certain disabilities. Notwithstanding

any provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law to

the contrary, any member who is a county fire marshal, fire marshal,

supervising fire marshal, division supervising fire marshal, assistant

chief fire marshal, chief fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or fire

marshal trainee employed by Nassau county who contracts any condition of

impairment of health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in

disability or death to such county fire marshal, fire marshal,

supervising fire marshal, division supervising fire marshal, assistant

chief fire marshal, chief fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or fire

marshal trainee, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such

disability while so employed, shall be presumptive evidence that such

disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty and the

natural and proximate result of an accident, unless the contrary be

proved by competent evidence; provided, however, that prior to entry

into service, such county fire marshal, fire marshal, supervising fire

marshal, division supervising fire marshal, assistant chief fire

marshal, chief fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or fire marshal

trainee successfully passed a physical examination which failed to

disclose evidence of any disease or other impairment of the heart.

* NB There are 2 § 63-g's