What's happening
This bill requires foreign and alien fire insurance premium tax funds to be distributed to fire companies based on their number of active members.
Why it matters
Shifts funding to reflect actual participation. By distributing fire insurance premium tax funds based on the number of active members, the bill rewards companies with higher levels of engaged, operational personnel, rather than simply dividing funds evenly or by other metrics.
Creates incentives for maintaining active rosters. Fire companies may have greater motivation to accurately track and maintain higher numbers of trained, participating firefighters, potentially improving overall emergency readiness in their districts.
Potential impact on resource allocation and fairness. Companies with more active members (often in more populated or busier areas) will receive more funding, which could improve their operations but may also result in smaller or rural companies receiving less, raising questions about equity and service coverage.
Defines “active member” to ensure clarity. The bill clarifies that only those who participate in firefighting and are available for duty count toward a company’s share of the funds, aiming to prevent manipulation of rosters and ensure funds support actual operational capacity.
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Distribute Fire Tax by Membership
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11027
IN ASSEMBLY
May 31, 2018
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) -read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the distribution of the foreign and alien fire insurance premium tax
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (a) of section 9104 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
(4) if such payment is made to the treasurer or other fiscal officer of a fire department or fiscal officer of authorities having jurisdiction and control of such fire department, such treasurer or fiscal officer shall on or before the fifteenth day of March in each year distribute the amount so received to the fire companies constituting the fire department if such fire department is constituted of more than one fire company. Beginning on the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand eighteen which amended this paragraph, the amount so received shall be distributed to the fire companies in proportion to the number of active members within each company. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "active member" shall mean a member who participates in firefighting and is subject to call for whatever duties may be assigned to him or her under the rules and regulations of the fire department or company of which he or she is a member.
§ 2. Subparagraph (E) of paragraph 2 of subsection (d) of section 9105 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
(E) if such payment is received by the treasurer or other fiscal officer of a fire department or fiscal officer of authorities having jurisdiction and control of such fire department, such treasurer or fiscal officer shall on or before the fifteenth day of July in each year distribute the amount so received to the fire companies constituting the fire department if such fire department is constituted of more than one fire company. Beginning on the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand eighteen which amended this subparagraph, the amount so
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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received shall be distributed to the fire companies in proportion to the number of active members within each company. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term "active member" shall mean a member who participates in firefighting and is subject to call for whatever duties may be assigned to him or her under the rules and regulations of the fire department or company of which he or she is a member.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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