Bill Text: NY S07307 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the transfer of certain funds to the Brockport fire district from the village of Brockport and the Sweden Fire Protection District and the Clarkson Fire Protection District upon the dissolution of such districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-17 - SIGNED CHAP.428 [S07307 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07307-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7307
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to authorize the transfer of certain  funds  of  the  village  of
         Brockport,  allocated  for  fire protection and of unexpended cash and
         reserves of the Sweden Fire Protection District and the Clarkson  Fire
         Protection  District,  to  the  Brockport Fire District, following the
         formation of the Brockport Fire District and the  dissolution  of  the
         Sweden  Fire  Protection  District  and  the  Clarkson Fire Protection
         District
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
    2  upon  the  dissolution  of  the  Sweden Fire Protection District and the
    3  Clarkson Fire Protection District encompassing the town  of  Sweden  and
    4  part of the town of Clarkson, Monroe County, New York, and subsequent to
    5  the  formation  of the Brockport Fire District by the town boards of the
    6  towns of Sweden and Clarkson and the board of trustees of the village of
    7  Brockport, the following shall occur, which are hereby declared to be in
    8  every respect in the public  interest  and  undertaken  solely  for  the
    9  provision  of  services  and  for  the  safety of the inhabitants of the
   10  Brockport fire district:
   11    (a) The town of Sweden and the town of  Clarkson,  on  behalf  of  the
   12  Sweden  Fire  Protection  District  and  the  Clarkson  Fire  Protection
   13  District, are hereby empowered to and shall  transfer  any  and  all  of
   14  their  unexpended  cash and reserve fire protection district funds allo-
   15  cated for fire protection within such fire protection districts, to  the
   16  Brockport  Fire  District,  provided however that any and all such unex-
   17  pended cash and reserve fire protection district funds shall be used  by
   18  the  Brockport Fire District, or any successor thereto, for the purposes
   19  and provision of services and for the safety of the inhabitants  of  the
   20  Brockport Fire District, as provided by law; and
   21    (b) The village of Brockport is hereby empowered to and shall transfer
   22  to the Brockport Fire District on or after July 1, 2012:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15424-02-2
       S. 7307                             2
    1    (i)  the unexpended portion of its 2012-2013 fiscal year budget desig-
    2  nated for fire protection.  The tax levy for fire protection  raised  by
    3  the  Village  of  Brockport  for the period July 1, 2012 to December 31,
    4  2012 being approximately $60,467.36; and
    5    (ii)  the  tax  levy raised by the Village of Brockport for the period
    6  June 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 designated  for  contribution  to  the
    7  fire protection reserve funds being approximately $19,369.56; and
    8    (iii)  any and all other cash and reserve accounts designated for fire
    9  protection, said reserve accounts shall include but not  be  limited  to
   10  any reserve accounts for purchase of fire apparatus, equipment, communi-
   11  cations  equipment  and/or  fire fighting and emergency vehicles, to the
   12  Brockport Fire District.
   13    All such transferred  funds  shall  be  used  by  the  Brockport  Fire
   14  District,  or  any  successor thereto, for the purposes and provision of
   15  services and for the safety of the inhabitants  of  the  Brockport  Fire
   16  District, as provided by law.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.