What's happening
This bill expands the purposes and duties of the North Tarrytown Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association and updates how foreign fire insurance tax funds are used.
Why it matters
Broader support for firefighters. The bill expands the association’s purpose beyond just aiding indigent or disabled firefighters and their families; it now includes help for those injured on duty, support for their health and safety, morale-boosting activities, and promotion of the fire service, making its benefits more comprehensive and timely for current needs.
Community and organizational impact. By allowing funds to be used for maintaining a headquarters, organizing social and recreational activities, and promoting the volunteer fire service, the bill encourages stronger community ties among firefighters and enhances recruitment and retention efforts.
Modernized financial rules. The bill updates how foreign fire insurance tax funds can be collected and used, aligning with current state law references and allowing the association to use these funds more flexibly to support its expanded purposes, potentially leading to better resource allocation and improved services for members.
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Who cares
Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of North Tarrytown
The bill would expand its purposes and expressly authorize use of its share of Insurance Law section 9105 taxes to further those purposes.
Volunteer association members and their families
The bill would authorize aid for members who are indigent, disabled or injured performing their duties, along with family welfare support, member health and safety measures, a headquarters, and social and recreational activities.
Sleepy Hollow Fire Department
The bill would specify that section 9104 insurance taxes collected by the association are for fire department use and benefit and add promotion of the local volunteer fire service to the association's purposes.
Firemen's Association of the State of New York
The bill would remove language requiring the local association to remit a percentage of collected taxes to the statewide association's treasurer as required by the Insurance Law.
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Expand Firefighters' Relief Fund
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Sponsors
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History
- Substituted by S5262A
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.385
- Rules report cal.385
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Print number 7069a
- Amend and recommit to local governments
- Referred to local governments
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Expand Firefighters' Benefit Use
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Pete Harckham
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7069--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- 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 646 of the laws of 1939 relating to incorporating the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of North Tarrytown, New York, in relation to the purpose and duties of the association and the usage of moneys received from foreign fire insurance companies by the association
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Sections 2 and 8 of chapter 646 of the laws of 1939 relating to incorporating the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of North Tarrytown, New York, are amended to read as follows:
§ 2. Purposes and duty of the association. The purposes and duty of the association is to provide relief [to indigent and disabled firemen and their families], aid and assistance to the volunteer members of such corporation who are indigent, disabled or injured in the performance of their duties, and their families; to maintain a suitable headquarters for the members of such corporation; to promote and safeguard the welfare of the volunteer members of the corporation, and their families; to provide for the health and safety of the volunteer members of the corporation; and to enhance the morale of the volunteer members of the corporation by providing social and recreational activities for the volunteer members of the corporation, and the promotion of the volunteer fire service within the territory protected by the fire department.
§ 8. Precept of payment of foreign fire insurance companies. Such [corporation] association shall collect and there shall be paid to it all tax imposed by section [one hundred thirty-three] nine thousand one hundred four of the insurance law for fire department use and benefit upon premiums on polices of insurance covering property situated within the North Tarrytown (now known as Sleepy Hollow) fire district of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, or within any duly organized territory in which the fire department of said fire district is obligated to render fire protection[, except that said corporation shall remit such percentage of all taxes so collected or paid to it, to the treasurer of the firemen's association of the state of New York, as may be required by the insurance law]. 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 section [one hundred thirty-three] nine thousand one hundred four 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 section [one hundred forty-nine-a] nine thousand one hundred five 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 section [one hundred thirty-three] nine thousand one hundred four of the insurance law to be collected and used by the corporation in the furtherance of its purposes as set forth in section two of this act.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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