Bill Text: NY S05262 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
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 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-12-12 - SIGNED CHAP.638 [S05262 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05262-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5262--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 18, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- 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 firemen6and 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10311-06-9S. 5262--A 2 1 the North Tarrytown (now known as Sleepy Hollow) fire district of the 2 town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, or within any duly 3 organized territory in which the fire department of said fire district 4 is obligated to render fire protection[, except that said corporation5shall remit such percentage of all taxes so collected or paid to it, to6the treasurer of the firemen's association of the state of New York, as7may be required by the insurance law]. The officer of said corporation 8 designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall 9 have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of section [one10hundred thirty-three] nine thousand one hundred four of the insurance 11 law, relating to treasurers of fire departments. Such corporation shall 12 also be entitled to receive a share of the tax imposed by section [one13hundred forty-nine-a] nine thousand one hundred five of the insurance 14 law, based upon the business written in the territory with respect to 15 which it is entitled to collect and receive the tax under section [one16hundred thirty-three] nine thousand one hundred four of the insurance 17 law to be collected and used by the corporation in the furtherance of 18 its purposes as set forth in section two of this act. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.