What's happening
The bill updates how the Whitehall Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association can use foreign fire insurance tax funds, allowing broader use aligned with the association's purposes.
Why it matters
Expands how fire insurance tax funds can be used. , shifting from a narrow focus on caring for disabled or indigent firefighters and their families to supporting any purpose outlined in the association’s charter—potentially allowing funds for equipment, training, community outreach, or other needs.
Makes the association’s funding more flexible and responsive. , enabling its leadership to adapt spending to the evolving priorities or challenges faced by the Whitehall Volunteer Exempt Firefighter’s Benevolent Association, rather than being limited by older statutory language.
Aligns local law with organizational goals. , tying the use of these public funds directly to the association’s stated purposes (as defined in section three of its founding act), which could lead to greater transparency and accountability for how the money is spent.
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Change Fire Insurance Tax Rules
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History
- Signed chap.365
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.1815
- Substituted for S4160A
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.496
- Rules report cal.496
- Reported
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- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Print number 6588a
- Amend and recommit to local governments
- Referred to local governments
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Change Fire Tax Use Rules
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Betty Little
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6588--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 12, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 491 of the laws of 2018 relating to incorporating the Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Whitehall, New York and providing for its powers and duties, in relation to the disposition of foreign fire insurance premium taxes received by such corporation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 491 of the laws of 2018 relating to incorporating the Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Whitehall, New York and providing for its powers and duties, is amended to read as follows:
§ 7. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. Such corporation shall collect and there shall be paid to it all taxes imposed by [article 91] section 9104 of the insurance law for fire department use and benefit, upon premiums for insurance against loss or damage by fire covering property situated in the Whitehall fire protection district, in the town of Whitehall and county of Washington, or within any duly organized territory in which the Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. is or may be obligated to render fire protection. The officer of said corporation designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of the insurance law, relating to treasurers of fire departments. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share of the tax imposed by [article 91] section 9105 of the insurance law, based upon the business written in the territory with respect to which it is entitled to collect and receive the tax under [article 91] section 9104 of the insurance law. [Such taxes shall only be used for the care and relief of disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt volunteer fire-
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[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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fighters and their families.] Such taxes shall only be used by the corporation in furtherance of its purposes as set forth in section three of this act.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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