Bill Text: NY S06793 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Williston Park; makes changes to membership; directs where tax revenues may be used.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-09-15 - SIGNED CHAP.459 [S06793 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06793-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6793

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 10, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT to amend the Nassau county civil divisions act,  in  relation  to
          the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Williston
          Park

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision a of section 610.0 of the Nassau  county  civil
     2  divisions act, as added by chapter 73 of the laws of 1940, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    a.  The  corporation  by the name of "Volunteer and Exempt [Firemen's]
     5  Firefighter's Benevolent  Association  of  Williston  Park,"  is  hereby
     6  continued.
     7    §  2. Section 610.4 of the Nassau county civil divisions act, as added
     8  by chapter 73 of the laws of 1940, is amended to read as follows:
     9    § Section 610.4 Control  and  disposal  of  funds  and  property.  The
    10  control  and  disposal  of the funds, property and estate of such corpo-
    11  ration and the management of its affairs shall be vested in a  board  of
    12  trustees,  which  shall  consist  of  [twelve]  eighteen members of such
    13  corporation, to wit: six members to be elected from  either  the  active
    14  membership or exempt membership of company number one, six members to be
    15  elected from either the active membership or exempt membership of compa-
    16  ny  number  two,  and  six  members to be elected from either the active
    17  membership or exempt membership of company number  [two]  three  of  the
    18  Williston  Park  fire department. The officers of such corporation shall
    19  be in such number and designated and shall have and exercise such powers
    20  and duties as may be provided by the by-laws. The trustees and  officers
    21  shall be elected at the annual meeting of such corporation in the manner
    22  prescribed by its by-laws.
    23    §  3. Section 610.5 of the Nassau county civil divisions act, as added
    24  by chapter 73 of the laws of 1940, is amended to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11131-01-3
        S. 6793                             2

     1    § Section 610.5 Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance  premium
     2  taxes.  a.  Such corporation shall collect and there shall be paid to it
     3  all tax imposed by section [five]  nine  thousand  one  hundred  [fifty-
     4  three]  four  of the insurance law, for fire department use and benefit,
     5  upon  premiums  on  policies of insurance against loss or damage by fire
     6  covering property situated within the incorporated village of  Williston
     7  Park  immediately  protected  by the Williston Park fire department, and
     8  within any duly organized territory in which  the  Williston  Park  fire
     9  department is, or may hereafter be, obligated to render fire protection.
    10    b.  The  officer  of  such  corporation  designated  by its by-laws to
    11  collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall  have  the  same  powers  as
    12  provided  by  law for the treasurer of a fire department with respect to
    13  such collection and receipt.
    14    c. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share  of  the
    15  tax  imposed  by  section  [five] nine thousand one hundred [fifty-four]
    16  five of the insurance law, based upon the premiums written in the terri-
    17  tory with respect to which it is entitled to collect and receive the tax
    18  under section [five hundred fifty-three] nine thousand one hundred  four
    19  of the insurance law.
    20    d.  Such taxes shall only be used [for the care and relief of disabled
    21  or indigent volunteer and exempt firemen and their families] in further-
    22  ance of its purposes set forth in section 610.1 of this act.
    23    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.