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Senator · Senate District 59
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History
- Referred to local government
- Referred to local government
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Relates to volunteer members of village fire companies
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor Stephen Hawley
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Title of bill
An act to amend the village law, in relation to volunteer members of village fire companies
Purpose
This bill allows a village board of trustees to adopt a local law to allow the percentage of nonresident volunteer members in a village fire company to exceed forty-five percent of the actual membership of the fire company.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 14 of section 10-1006 of the village law to give the village board of trustees discretion to pass a local law that changes, amends, or supersedes subdivision seven which forbids the percentage of non-resident volunteer members in village fire companies to exceed forty-five percent of the actual membership of the fire company.
Section 2 states that this law shall take effect immediately.
Justification
Currently, village law forbids the percentage of non-resident volunteer members in village fire companies to exceed forty-five percent of the actual membership of the fire company. This negatively impacts village fire companies by making it more difficult to fill their total membership and leaving fire companies with vacancies which could be filled by the membership of non-resident volunteer firefighters. This bill allows a village board of trustees to pass a local law allowing the percentage of non-resident volunteer members to exceed forty-five percent of the actual membership of the village fire company. This will help village fire companies obtain greater membership and keep our communities safe.
Legislative history
2013-14: S.6369/A.8650 Referred to Local Government/Referred to Local Governments
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediate.
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