Bill Text: NY A06727 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the name and powers of the Oriskany Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Association of Oriskany, county of Oneida; changes the name to the Oriskany Volunteer Exempt Firefighters' Benevolent Association of Oriskany, county of Oneida and makes conforming changes; expands the powers of such association.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-09 - substituted by s6493c [A06727 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06727-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6727

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend chapter 639 of the laws of 1970 incorporating the  Oris-
          kany  Volunteer  Exempt  Firemen's  Association of Oriskany, county of
          Oneida, and providing for its powers and duties, in  relation  to  the
          name and purposes of such association

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 7 of chapter 639 of the laws of  1970
     2  incorporating  the  Oriskany  Volunteer  Exempt Firemen's Association of
     3  Oriskany, county of Oneida, and providing for its powers and  duties  is
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    Section 1.  Incorporation; membership. A membership corporation by the
     6  name  of "Oriskany Volunteer Exempt [Firemen's] Firefighters' Benevolent
     7  Association of Oriskany, county of Oneida" is hereby created.  It  shall
     8  be composed of such persons eligible to membership therein as hereinaft-
     9  er provided as shall: (a) notify the secretary of the Oriskany Independ-
    10  ent Fire and Hose Company, also known as Oriskany Volunteer Fire Depart-
    11  ment,  in  writing prior to the organization meeting of such corporation
    12  hereinafter provided of their desire to become  members,  or  (b)  shall
    13  attend  such meeting or an adjournment thereof, and also such persons so
    14  eligible as may become members  of  such  corporation  pursuant  to  its
    15  by-laws.
    16    § 2.  Persons eligible to membership.  All persons who are now or have
    17  been, or who hereafter shall be active volunteer members of the Oriskany
    18  Independent  Fire  and  Hose   Company, also known as Oriskany Volunteer
    19  Fire Department, and who have heretofore  acquired  or  shall  hereafter
    20  acquire the status of exempt volunteer [firemen] firefighters as defined
    21  in  section two hundred of the general municipal law or any other appli-
    22  cable law by virtue of having rendered service in said fire  department,
    23  and  all  persons  who  are  now  or hereafter shall be active volunteer

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10811-01-3
        A. 6727                             2

     1  members of said fire department shall be eligible for membership in  the
     2  corporation  hereby  created;  provided  that  any  person  who has been
     3  expelled or removed for cause from membership in any fire department  or
     4  company  shall  not  be eligible to membership in such corporation.  The
     5  membership of any person in such corporation shall terminate when  [his]
     6  their membership as an active volunteer member of the Oriskany Independ-
     7  ent Fire and Hose Company, also known as Oriskany Volunteer Fire Depart-
     8  ment  shall terminate before such persons shall have acquired the status
     9  of exempt volunteer [firemen] firefighters as  defined  in  section  two
    10  hundred  of  the  general  municipal  law  by  virtue of having rendered
    11  services to such fire department.
    12    § 3.  Purposes.  The purposes of such corporation shall be the mainte-
    13  nance of suitable headquarters  for,  and  the  promotion  of  fraternal
    14  intercourse  among  the members of such corporation, the relief, aid and
    15  assistance of such members and their families who are injured,  disabled
    16  or  indigent  and  to promote and safeguard the welfare of the volunteer
    17  members of the corporation and their families, to provide for the health
    18  and safety of the volunteer members of the corporation, and  to  enhance
    19  the  morale  of  the  volunteer  members of the corporation by providing
    20  social and recreational activities for  the  volunteer  members  of  the
    21  corporation  and  to  acquire  real and personal property such as may be
    22  necessary for the purposes herein set forth and  the  promotion  of  the
    23  welfare of the volunteer fire service within the village of Oriskany and
    24  also  within the territory provided with fire protection by the Oriskany
    25  Independent Fire and Hose Company, also known as Oriskany Volunteer Fire
    26  Department.
    27    § 7.  Precept for payment of foreign  fire  insurance  premium  taxes.
    28  Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of any general, special or local
    29  law,  or  of  any  city  charter  or  ordinance, heretofore or hereafter
    30  enacted, such corporation shall collect and there shall be  paid  to  it
    31  all  taxes  imposed  by  former  section five hundred fifty-three of the
    32  insurance law for fire department use and  benefit,  upon  premises  for
    33  insurance  against  loss  or  damage  by fire covering property situated
    34  within the village of Oriskany, New York, located in the town of Whites-
    35  town, county of Oneida and state of New York,  and/or  within  any  duly
    36  organized  territory  in  which  the  Oriskany Independent Fire and Hose
    37  Company, also known as Oriskany Volunteer Fire Department, is or may  be
    38  obligated  to  render fire protection.   The officer of said corporation
    39  designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall
    40  have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of  the  insur-
    41  ance  law,  relating  to the treasurer of fire departments.  Such corpo-
    42  ration shall also be entitled to receive a share of the tax  imposed  by
    43  former  section five hundred fifty-four of the insurance law, based upon
    44  the business written in the territory with respect to which it is  enti-
    45  tled  to  collect  and receive the tax under former section five hundred
    46  fifty-three of the insurance law. [Such taxes shall only be used for the
    47  care and relief of disabled or indigent volunteer and  exempt  volunteer
    48  firemen and their families.]
    49    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.