Bill Text: NY A07069 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the purpose and duties of the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of North Tarrytown, New York and the usage of moneys received from foreign fire insurance companies by the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of North Tarrytown, New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-12 - SIGNED CHAP.638 [A07069 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07069-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7069--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 4, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  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  incorporat-
          ing 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  insur-
          ance companies by the association

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

     1    Section 1. Sections 2 and 8 of chapter 646 of the laws of 1939  relat-
     2  ing to incorporating the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Asso-
     3  ciation of North Tarrytown, New York, are amended to read as follows:
     4    §  2.  Purposes  and duty of the association. The purposes and duty of
     5  the association is to provide relief [to indigent and  disabled  firemen
     6  and their families], aid and assistance to the volunteer members of such
     7  corporation  who are indigent, disabled or injured in the performance of
     8  their duties, and their families; to maintain  a  suitable  headquarters
     9  for  the  members  of  such  corporation;  to  promote and safeguard the
    10  welfare of the volunteer members of the corporation, and their families;
    11  to provide for the health and safety of the  volunteer  members  of  the
    12  corporation;  and  to enhance the morale of the volunteer members of the
    13  corporation by providing social  and  recreational  activities  for  the
    14  volunteer members of the corporation, and the promotion of the volunteer
    15  fire service within the territory protected by the fire department.
    16    §  8.  Precept  of  payment  of foreign fire insurance companies. Such
    17  [corporation] association shall collect and there shall be  paid  to  it
    18  all  tax imposed by section [one hundred thirty-three] nine thousand one
    19  hundred four of the insurance law for fire department  use  and  benefit
    20  upon  premiums on polices of insurance covering property situated within
    21  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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     1  town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, or within any duly
     2  organized  territory  in which the fire department of said fire district
     3  is obligated to render fire protection[, except  that  said  corporation
     4  shall  remit such percentage of all taxes so collected or paid to it, to
     5  the treasurer of the firemen's association of the state of New York,  as
     6  may  be  required by the insurance law]. The officer of said corporation
     7  designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall
     8  have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of section [one
     9  hundred thirty-three] nine thousand one hundred four  of  the  insurance
    10  law,  relating to treasurers of fire departments. Such corporation shall
    11  also be entitled to receive a share of the tax imposed by  section  [one
    12  hundred  forty-nine-a]  nine  thousand one hundred five of the insurance
    13  law, based upon the business written in the territory  with  respect  to
    14  which  it  is entitled to collect and receive the tax under section [one
    15  hundred thirty-three] nine thousand one hundred four  of  the  insurance
    16  law  to  be  collected and used by the corporation in the furtherance of
    17  its purposes as set forth in section two of this act.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.