Bill Text: NY A07314 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits an incorporated firemen's benevolent association created by act of the legislature to include the following in the purposes of the association without an additional act of the legislature; to promote friendly association for the betterment of the members of the corporation; to promote relations between the members of the corporation and the local community; to provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and their families who are injured, disabled or indigent; to provide for the health and safety of the members of the corporation; to maintain suitable headquarters for the members of the corporation; to acquire real and personal property such as may be necessary for the purposes set forth in this section; to study and disseminate among the members of the corporation the most efficient manner of fighting fires; and to promote the volunteer fire service within the territory now served or which may hereafter be served by the fire department associated with such corporation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to local governments [A07314 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07314-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7314

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 17, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend the  not-for-profit  corporation  law,  in  relation  to
          expanding the purposes of certain firemen's benevolent associations

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

     1    Section 1. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 206 to read as follows:
     3  § 206. Expansion of purpose; certain firemen's benevolent associations.
     4    An incorporated firemen's benevolent association created by act of the
     5  legislature  may  include  the following in the purposes of such associ-
     6  ation without an additional act of the legislature:
     7    (a) to promote friendly association for the betterment of the  members
     8  of the corporation;
     9    (b)  to  promote  relations between the members of the corporation and
    10  the local community;
    11    (c) to provide relief, aid and assistance to those members  and  their
    12  families who are injured, disabled or indigent;
    13    (d)  to provide for the health and safety of the members of the corpo-
    14  ration;
    15    (e) to maintain suitable headquarters for the members  of  the  corpo-
    16  ration;
    17    (f) to acquire real and personal property such as may be necessary for
    18  the purposes set forth in this section;
    19    (g)  to study and disseminate among the members of the corporation the
    20  most efficient manner of fighting fires; and
    21    (h) to promote the volunteer fire service  within  the  territory  now
    22  served  or  which may hereafter be served by the fire department associ-
    23  ated with such corporation.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10406-01-3