Bill Text: NY S04216 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the incorporation of the Fairview Firemen's Benevolent Association of the town of Greenburgh, county of Westchester, New York, and providing for the payment to such corporation of a portion of the taxes imposed by section five hundred fifty-three and five hundred fifty-four of the insurance law, in relation to the usage of moneys received from foreign fire insurance companies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-23 - SIGNED CHAP.404 [S04216 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4216
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN ACT to amend chapter 383 of the laws of 1945 to incorporate the Fair-
          view Firemen's Benevolent Association of the town of Greenburgh, coun-
          ty of Westchester, New York, and providing for  the  payment  to  such
          corporation  of a portion of the taxes imposed by section five hundred
          fifty-three and five hundred  fifty-four  of  the  insurance  law,  in
          relation  to  the usage of moneys received from foreign fire insurance
          companies
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.   Section 1 of chapter 383 of the laws of 1945 to incorpo-
     2  rate the Fairview Firemen's Benevolent Association of the town of Green-
     3  burgh, county of Westchester, New York, and providing for the payment to
     4  such corporation of a portion of  the  taxes  imposed  by  section  five
     5  hundred fifty-three and five hundred fifty-four of the insurance law, as
     6  amended  by  chapter  126  of  the  laws  of 1946, is amended to read as
     7  follows:
     8    Section 1. A corporation by the name of "Fairview Firemen's Benevolent
     9  Association of the town of Greenburgh, county of Westchester, New  York"
    10  is hereby created. It shall be composed of all the active members of any
    11  fire  engine,  hose,  hook  and  ladder, patrol or rescue company in the
    12  Fairview fire district, town of Greenburgh, Westchester county, New York
    13  and all exempt volunteer firemen as defined in section  two  hundred  of
    14  the  general  municipal  law,  formerly members of any such fire engine,
    15  hose, hook and ladder, patrol or rescue company in  such  district,  and
    16  who  acquired  such  status  by virtue of having rendered service in the
    17  fire department of such district. The board of  trustees  may  admit  to
    18  membership (pursuant to the by-laws of association) any exempt or volun-
    19  teer  fireman  applying  therefor who is a resident of the fire district
    20  and has rendered fire service in any volunteer fire  department  of  the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 4216                             2
     1  state.  The  purposes  of  such  corporation shall be the maintenance of
     2  suitable headquarters for the members of said corporation, [the  relief,
     3  aid  and  assistance  of the members thereof and their families, who are
     4  disabled or indigent,] and the promotion of the welfare of the volunteer
     5  fire  service  in said district.  Such corporation shall have all of the
     6  powers of a membership corporation, and the provisions of  law  relating
     7  to membership corporations shall apply to such corporation, except where
     8  they  conflict  with  the  provisions of this act. The secretary of said
     9  fire district shall call a meeting for the organization of  said  corpo-
    10  ration to be held not later than July first, nineteen hundred forty-six,
    11  notice  of  which  shall  be  given  by posting a notice thereof in five
    12  conspicuous places within said district and also by publication  thereof
    13  in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in said district,
    14  such posting and publishing to take place at least ten days prior to the
    15  date of such meeting. At such meeting, or at an adjournment thereof, the
    16  members  of such corporation present shall adopt by-laws and elect offi-
    17  cers to serve until the first annual meeting, which shall be held  on  a
    18  date  to  be  fixed  by  the by-laws. [The funds of such corporation, by
    19  unanimous vote of the trustees, may be used for the relief and  care  of
    20  disabled  or  indigent  active  and  exempt  volunteer  firemen  of said
    21  district, even though they may not be members of such corporation.]  Any
    22  member  failing  to  comply  with the by-laws, rules or regulations duly
    23  adopted by said corporations shall  be  subject  to  expulsion  in  such
    24  manner  as may be provided for in such by-laws. Any member who ceases to
    25  be such, voluntarily or otherwise, shall forfeit  all  interest  in  the
    26  property of said corporation.
    27    §  2.  Section 3 of chapter 383 of the laws of 1945 to incorporate the
    28  Fairview Firemen's Benevolent Association of  the  town  of  Greenburgh,
    29  county  of  Westchester, New York, and providing for the payment to such
    30  corporation of a portion of the taxes imposed by  section  five  hundred
    31  fifty-three and five hundred fifty-four of the insurance law, is amended
    32  to read as follows:
    33    §  3.  There  shall  be  paid  to  such corporation [for its corporate
    34  purposes] all tax imposed for the use and benefit of the fire department
    35  [by sections five hundred fifty-three and five hundred fifty-four of the
    36  insurance law upon premiums on policies of fire-insurance covering prop-
    37  erty situated within the Fairview fire  district  number  one,  town  of
    38  Greenburgh,  Westchester  county, New York, or within any duly organized
    39  territory in which the fire department of said district is obligated  to
    40  render fire protection] under the provisions of the insurance law, to be
    41  used in accordance with sections nine thousand one hundred four and nine
    42  thousand one hundred five of the insurance law.
    43    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately the
    44  addition,  amendment  or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
    45  the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized  to
    46  be made and completed on or before such date.