What's happening
This bill reallocates fire insurance premium taxes, reducing funds for the Firemen's Home and giving 1% to support paid professional firefighters.
Why it matters
Shifts funding priorities. by reducing the allocation of fire insurance premium tax revenue going to the Firemen’s Home (for retired and disabled volunteer firefighters) from 10% to 9%, signaling a redistribution of support among firefighter organizations.
Directs new financial support (1%) to paid professional firefighters. via the New York State Professional Firefighters Association, aiming to promote the well-being of career (as opposed to volunteer) firefighters—this could address long-standing disparities in support between volunteer and professional firefighters.
May impact services and advocacy. by providing professional firefighter organizations with additional resources for health, safety, training, and welfare initiatives, potentially influencing how these issues are addressed statewide.
Alters the landscape of firefighter support funding. in New York, possibly prompting future debates or adjustments regarding the balance between supporting volunteer and paid fire service personnel.
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Split Fire Tax Funds
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to insurance
- Referred to insurance
Companion bill
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Share Fire Tax With Firefighters
In Assembly Committee · Insurance · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3811
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 15, 2019
Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the distribution of fire insurance premium taxes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 1 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:
(1) The amount of all monies which were received by the superintendent on or before the first day of April in each year under the provisions of this section or section nine thousand one hundred four of this article shall be distributed by him or her not later than the first day of July in such year, after adding any earnings resulting from the investment of such monies and deducting the expenses of collection and distribution. [Ten] Nine percent of such remaining monies received under this section shall be paid to the treasurer of the Firemen's Association of the State of New York for the support and maintenance of the firemen's home at Hudson, New York, and one percent of such remaining monies received under this section shall be paid to the treasurer of the New York State Professional Firefighters Association to promote, support and maintain the well-being of paid professional firefighters employed in the state of New York, and the balance shall be paid as specified in paragraph two [hereof] of this subsection, in amounts which will be that proportion of the balance so to be distributed which the total amount of fire insurance business written by foreign mutual fire insurance companies on property situated in such locality bears to the total amount of fire insurance business written by foreign mutual fire insurance companies on property situated in any and all of the protected localities in the state having treasurers or other fiscal officers as designated in paragraph two [hereof] of this subsection afforded fire protection by a fire
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06425-01-9
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department or fire company and upon which the tax provided in this section has been paid.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all monies received by the superintendent of financial services pursuant to section 9105 of the insurance law commencing with those monies received on or after April 1, 2020.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the distribution of fire insurance premium taxes
Purpose
This bill provides funds for the New York State Professional Firefight- er's Association to promote, support and maintain the well-being of paid professional firefighters.
Summary of provisions
Section one of this bill amends Insurance Law section 9105(d)(1). This amendment reallocates one percent of amount remaining after the Super- intendent deducts the expenses of collection and distribution from the amount that he or she received from the Fire Insurance Premium Tax pursuant to Insurance Law sections 9104 and 9105 to the New York State Professional Firefighters Association instead of the Fireman's Associ- ation of the State of New York. The Fireman's Association of the State of New York which would receive nine percent, instead of ten percent, of the remaining monies.
Section two of this bill provides that this act shall take effect imme- diately and shall apply to all monies received by the superintendent of financial services pursuant to section 9105 of the insurance law commencing with those monies received on or after April 1, 2020.
Current law
Insurance Law section 9105(d)(1) provides that 10 percent of the Fire Insurance Premium Taxes (less the cost of collection and distribution) received by the Superintendent will be paid to the Fireman's Association of the State of New York.
Justification
The Fireman's Association trains and educates firefighters; the Profes- sional Firefighters Association is a representative organization of the common interests of firefighters from across the state. Both the Fire- man's Association and the Professional Firefighters Association serve important yet distinct purposes. This bill provides funds for the Professional Firefighters Association to ensure that firefighters are not just educated and trained, but that their workplace is safe and efficient.
Legislative history
2018: S.4543-A - Referred to Insurance 2017: S.4543 - Referred to Insurance 2016: S.7033 - Referred to Insurance
Fiscal implications
None to the State
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all monies received by the superintendent of financial services pursuant to section 9105 of the insurance law starting with monies received on or after April 1, 2020.
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