Bill Text: NY S04160 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to the disposition of foreign fire insurance premium taxes received by the Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Whitehall, New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-11 - signed chap.365 [S04160 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04160-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4160--A
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- 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 chapter 491 of the laws of 2018 relating to  incorporat-
          ing  the  Volunteer  Exempt  Firefighter's  Benevolent  Association of
          Whitehall, New York and  providing  for  its  powers  and  duties,  in
          relation  to  the  disposition of foreign fire insurance premium taxes
          received by such corporation
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  7 of chapter 491 of the laws of 2018 relating to
     2  incorporating the Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent  Association
     3  of  Whitehall,  New  York  and  providing  for its powers and duties, is
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    § 7. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. Such
     6  corporation shall collect and there  shall  be  paid  to  it  all  taxes
     7  imposed  by  [article  91]  section  9104  of the insurance law for fire
     8  department use and benefit, upon premiums for insurance against loss  or
     9  damage  by  fire  covering  property  situated  in  the  Whitehall  fire
    10  protection district, in the town of Whitehall and county of  Washington,
    11  or  within any duly organized territory in which the Whitehall Volunteer
    12  Fire Company, Inc. is or may be obligated to render fire protection. The
    13  officer of said corporation designated by its  by-laws  to  collect  and
    14  receive  the  aforesaid  tax shall have all the powers and be subject to
    15  all the provisions of the insurance law, relating to treasurers of  fire
    16  departments.  Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share
    17  of the tax imposed by [article 91] section 9105 of  the  insurance  law,
    18  based  upon  the business written in the territory with respect to which
    19  it is entitled to collect and receive the tax under [article 91] section
    20  9104 of the insurance law. [Such taxes shall only be used for  the  care

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10325-05-9

        S. 4160--A                          2

     1  and  relief of disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt volunteer fire-
     2  fighters and their families.] Such taxes  shall  only  be  used  by  the
     3  corporation in furtherance of its purposes as set forth in section three
     4  of this act.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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