What's happening
This bill allows the Fair Harbor fire department to hold nomination meetings for chief and assistant chiefs on the third Sunday in September.
Why it matters
Provides greater scheduling flexibility. for the Fair Harbor fire department by enabling them to choose a nomination meeting date (third Sunday in September) that may better align with local operational needs or member availability.
Creates parity with other fire departments. (like Davis Park and Caton) that have already been granted similar authority to adjust their meeting schedules, recognizing that each district may have unique circumstances.
Could improve leadership continuity and participation. by allowing nominations at a time when more members are present, potentially leading to more representative selections of chiefs and assistant chiefs.
Reflects local input and governance. by requiring the fire department to formally adopt a resolution for the date change, ensuring that the adjustment is supported by department members rather than imposed externally.
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Who cares
Fair Harbor fire department members
The bill would let them adopt a resolution recommending that future chief and assistant chief nomination meetings be held on the third Sunday in September instead of April.
Fair Harbor board of fire commissioners
The bill would let the board authorize the September nomination schedule after department members adopt the resolution.
Fair Harbor chief and assistant chief nominees
Under the September schedule, their nominations would go before the board for approval and appointment at its organizational meeting the following January.
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Change Fire Officer Meeting Date
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Sponsors
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History
- Signed chap.208
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.502
- Substituted for A6991A
- Referred to local governments
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1321
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 4944a
Show 2 earlier actions
- Amend (t) and recommit to local government
- Referred to local government
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.
Change Fire Officer Nomination Date
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Andrew R. Garbarino
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4944--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 2, 2019
Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the nomination of fire district officers in the Fair Harbor fire district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 11-b of section 176 of the town law, as amended by chapter 351 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
11-b. The members of the fire department at a regular or special meeting of the department held after the month of April but prior to the month of November in any year may adopt a resolution recommending that future meetings for the nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs be held in December, either on the first Thursday, the first Saturday, the Thursday following the first Tuesday, the Saturday following the first Tuesday, the Thursday following the second Tuesday, or the Saturday following the second Tuesday in such month, instead of April as provided in subdivision eleven-a of this section. Provided, however, the Davis Park fire department may adopt a resolution to hold future meetings, for nomination of chief and assistant chiefs, on the last Sunday in September; [and] the Caton fire district may adopt a resolution to hold future meetings, for nominations of chief and assistant chiefs, on the second Tuesday in December; and the Fair Harbor fire department may adopt a resolution to hold future meetings, for nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs, on the third Sunday in September. The notice or call for such meeting shall specify that such a resolution will be offered to be voted upon at such meeting. If such resolution is adopted, the board of fire commissioners may adopt a rule or regulation providing that future meetings for the nomination of chief and assistant chiefs shall be held in December, either on the first Thursday, the first Saturday,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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the Thursday following the first Tuesday, the Saturday following the first Tuesday, the Thursday following the second Tuesday, the Saturday following the second Tuesday in such month, the last Sunday in September in the Davis Park fire department, [or] the second Tuesday in December in the Caton fire district, or the third Sunday in September in the Fair Harbor fire department, as specified in the fire department resolution, instead of April as provided in subdivision eleven-a of this section. Each nominee shall be a member of the fire department. In addition, the board of fire commissioners may by resolution require that any or all of such fire department officers shall be residents of the fire district. All nominations shall be made by ballot. The person acting as secretary of such meeting shall promptly notify the fire district secretary in writing of such nominations. The board of fire commissioners at its organization meeting in the month of January next succeeding the making of such nominations shall consider the same and shall appoint such persons to the offices to which they have been respectively nominated or, if a nomination is not approved the board of fire commissioners shall call another meeting of the members of the fire department at which a new nomination shall be made to take the place of any nomination not approved, which procedure shall continue until a full set of officers is approved. Any such person shall assume the duties of his office as soon as he has been appointed thereto by the board of fire commissioners and shall serve until his successor is appointed. A person who has been convicted of arson in any degree shall not be eligible for nomination, election or appointment to the office of fire department chief or assistant chief. Any fire department chief or assistant chief who is convicted of arson in any degree during his term of office shall be disqualified from completing such term of office.
If the date of meetings for the nomination of chief and assistant chiefs is changed from April to September or December pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, the members of the fire department at a regular or special meeting of the department held after the month of April but prior to the month of November in any year may adopt a resolution recommending that future meetings for the nomination for such officers shall be held in April pursuant to the provisions of subdivision eleven-a of this section. The call for such meeting shall specify that such a resolution will be offered to be voted upon at such meeting. If such a resolution is adopted, the board of fire commissioners may adopt a rule or regulation providing that future meetings for the nomination of chief and assistant chiefs shall be held in April pursuant to the provisions of subdivision eleven-a of this section and that the provisions of such subdivision eleven-a shall again become applicable.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the town law, in relation to the nomi- nation of fire district officers in the Fair Harbor fire district
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill authorizes the Fair Harbor Fire Department to change the date of its annual meeting at which nominations are made for chief and assistant chief
Summary of provisions
Section 1 Authorizes the Fair Harbor Fire Dept. to move its annual meet- ing for nomination of chief and assistant chief to the third Sunday in December.
Section 2: This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
Justification
Existing law authorizes certain fire departments to hold their annual meeting for nomination of chief and assistant chief on alternative dates in order to accommodate the needs of seasonal residents. Similar seasonal communities near Fair Harbor have received such authorization. The ability to move the annual meeting will allow more people to attend and participate in the process relating the nomination of chief and assistant chief.
Legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.
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