Bill Text: NY A07247 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Expands the purposes of the South Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association to be to promote friendly association for the betterment of the members of the corporation; provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and their families who are injured, disabled or indigent; provide for the health and safety of the members of the corporation; maintain suitable headquarters for the members of the corporation; promote and safeguard the welfare of the members of the corporation; enhance the morale of the members of the corporation by providing social and recreational activities for members of the association; and promote the volunteer fire service within the territory now served or which may hereafter be served by the South Salem Fire Department, Inc.; relates to certain foreign fire insurance premium taxes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-05 - substituted by s6363a [A07247 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07247-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7247--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 16, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on  Local  Governments  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend chapter 538 of the laws of 1975 incorporating the South
          Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association, and providing
          for its powers and duties, in relation to the purposes  of  the  South
          Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association and to 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. Sections 3 and 7 of chapter 538 of the laws of 1975  incor-
     2  porating  the  South Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Associ-
     3  ation, and providing for its powers and duties, are amended to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    §  3. Purposes. The purposes of such corporation shall be [the mainte-
     6  nance of suitable headquarters  for,  and  the  promotion  of  fraternal
     7  intercourse  among  the members of such corporation, the relief, aid and
     8  assistance of such members and their families who are disabled or  indi-
     9  gent,  and  the  promotion  of the welfare of the volunteer fire service
    10  within the South Salem Fire District and, if any, the territory provided
    11  with fire protection by  contract  with  such  fire  district.]  to  (a)
    12  promote  friendly  association  for the betterment of the members of the
    13  corporation; (b) provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and
    14  their families who are injured, disabled or indigent;  (c)  provide  for
    15  the  health  and  safety of the members of the corporation; (d) maintain
    16  suitable headquarters for the members of the  corporation;  (e)  promote
    17  and safeguard the welfare of the members of the corporation; (f) enhance
    18  the  morale  of  the  members of the corporation by providing social and
    19  recreational activities for members of the association; and (g)  promote
    20  the  volunteer fire service within the territory now served or which may
    21  hereafter be served by the South Salem Fire Department, Inc.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10385-02-3
        A. 7247--A                          2

     1    § 7. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. Such
     2  corporation shall collect and there  shall  be  paid  to  it  all  taxes
     3  imposed by section [five hundred fifty-three] ninety-one hundred four of
     4  the insurance law for fire department use and benefit, upon premiums for
     5  insurance  against  loss or damage by fire covering property situated in
     6  the South Salem Fire District, in the town of Lewisboro, county of West-
     7  chester, or within any  duly  organized  territory  in  which  the  fire
     8  district  is  or may be obligated to render fire protection. The officer
     9  of said corporation designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the
    10  aforesaid tax shall have all the  powers  and  be  subject  to  all  the
    11  provisions  of the insurance law, relating to treasurers of fire depart-
    12  ments. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share of the
    13  tax imposed by section [five hundred fifty-four] ninety-one hundred five
    14  of the insurance law, based upon the business written in  the  territory
    15  with  respect  to  which  it  is entitled to collect and receive the tax
    16  under section [five hundred fifty-three] ninety-one hundred four of  the
    17  insurance law. Such taxes shall only be used [for the care and relief of
    18  disabled  or  indigent  volunteer and exempt volunteer firemen and their
    19  families] by the corporation in furtherance of its purpose as set  forth
    20  in section three of this act.
    21    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    22  the amendments to section 7 of chapter 538 of the laws of 1975  made  by
    23  section one of this act shall apply to taxes due on premiums received on
    24  and after January 1, 2024.