Bill Text: NY S09307 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relates to the name and purpose of the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Valhalla, New York and the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by such association.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-10 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S09307 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09307-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9307

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 10, 2024
                                       ___________

        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 624 of the laws of 1940 incorporating the volun-
          teer and exempt firemen's  benevolent  association  of  Valhalla,  New
          York, and providing for its powers and duties, in relation to the name
          and  purpose of such association and the use of foreign fire insurance
          premium taxes

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivisions  1  and 3 of section 1 of chapter 624 of the
     2  laws of 1940 incorporating the volunteer and exempt firemen's benevolent
     3  association of Valhalla, New York, and  providing  for  its  powers  and
     4  duties, are amended to read as follows:
     5    1.  A  membership  corporation  by  the  name of "Volunteer and Exempt
     6  [Firemen's] Firefighters' Benevolent Association of Valhalla, New York,"
     7  is hereby created.
     8    3. Nothing contained herein or in the village law or  any  other  such
     9  applicable law shall preclude a person from membership in such Volunteer
    10  and Exempt [Firemen's] Firefighters' Benevolent Association of Valhalla,
    11  New  York,  who  resides in a fire district outside of but contiguous to
    12  the  Valhalla  fire  district,  when  the  fire  commissioners  of  such
    13  districts  have  contracted  with the board of fire commissioners of the
    14  Valhalla fire district for fire protection under  and  pursuant  to  the
    15  provisions of law in such case made and provided.
    16    § 2. Sections 2 and 8 of chapter 624 of the laws of 1940 incorporating
    17  the  volunteer  and exempt firemen's benevolent association of Valhalla,
    18  New York, and providing for its powers and duties, are amended  to  read
    19  as follows:
    20    § 2. Purposes [and duty] of the association. The purposes [and duty of
    21  the  association  is  to provide relief to indigent and disabled firemen
    22  and their families] of the association created by this act shall be:  to
    23  provide  relief,  aid  and  assistance  to the volunteer members of such
    24  corporation who are disabled, indigent or injured in the performance  of
    25  their  duties,  and their families; to promote and safeguard the welfare

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13791-02-4
        S. 9307                             2

     1  of the volunteer members of such corporation,  and  their  families;  to
     2  maintain a suitable headquarters for the members of such association; to
     3  provide for the health and safety of the volunteer members of such asso-
     4  ciation;  and  to  enhance  the  morale of the volunteer members of such
     5  association by providing for the social and  recreational  wellbeing  of
     6  the  volunteer  members of the association, including holding activities
     7  for the volunteer members of such association, and the promotion of  the
     8  volunteer  fire  service within the territory protected by the volunteer
     9  members of the Valhalla fire department or of any fire engine, hook  and
    10  ladder,  patrol,  emergency rescue squad or hose company in the Valhalla
    11  fire district.
    12    § 8. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance [companies] premium
    13  taxes.  Such corporation shall collect and there shall be paid to it all
    14  tax imposed by section [one hundred thirty-three] 9104 of the  insurance
    15  law  upon  premiums  on policies of insurance covering property situated
    16  within the Valhalla Fire District of the Town of Mount  Pleasant,  West-
    17  chester  county,  New  York,  or  within any duly organized territory in
    18  which the fire department of said district is obligated to  render  fire
    19  protection,  except that said corporation shall remit such percentage of
    20  all taxes so collected or paid to it, to the treasurer of the [firemen's
    21  association] Firefighters' Association of the [state] State of New York,
    22  as may be required by the insurance law. The officer of said corporation
    23  designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall
    24  have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of section [one
    25  hundred thirty-three] 9104 of the insurance law, relating to  treasurers
    26  of  fire departments. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive
    27  a share of the tax imposed by section [one-hundred forty-nine-a] 9105 of
    28  the insurance law, based upon the business written in the territory with
    29  respect to which it is entitled to collect and  receive  the  tax  under
    30  section  [one  hundred  thirty-three]  9105  of  the insurance law. Such
    31  corporation shall also be entitled to  receive  and  collect  all  taxes
    32  heretofore  due and owing and unpaid at the time of the creation of this
    33  corporation. Such taxes shall be used only [for the care and  relief  of
    34  disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt firemen and their families] by
    35  the  corporation  in furtherance of its purposes as set forth in section
    36  two of this act.
    37    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  however,  that
    38  the  amendments  to section 8 of chapter 624 of the laws of 1940 made by
    39  section two of this act shall apply to taxes due on premiums received on
    40  and after January 1, 2024.