Bill Text: NY A07380 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the purposes of the Wallkill hook ladder and hose company firemen's benevolent association, and to the use of taxes therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-09 - substituted by s6772a [A07380 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A07380-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7380--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. B. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend chapter 4 of the laws of 1977, relating to incorporating the "Wallkill hook ladder and hose company firemen's benevolent asso- ciation", and providing for its powers and duties, in relation to the purposes thereof and use of taxes therefor 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 4 of the laws of 1977, relating 2 to incorporating the "Wallkill hook ladder and hose company firemen's 3 benevolent association", and providing for its powers and duties, are 4 amended to read as follows: 5 § 3. Purposes. [The purposes of such corporation shall be the mainte-6nance of suitable headquarters for, and the promotion of friendly asso-7ciation for the betterment of the members of such corporation and their8relations with the community, for the promotion of fraternal intercourse9among the members of such corporation, to study and disseminate among10the members of such corporation the most efficient manner of fighting11fires and the relief, aid and assistance of such members and their fami-12lies who are disabled or indigent and to acquire real and personal prop-13erty such as may be necessary for the purposes herein set forth and the14promotion of the welfare of the volunteer fire service within the terri-15tory now served or which may hereafter be served by the Wallkill hook16ladder and hose company incorporated.] The purposes of the corporation 17 created by this act shall be: to provide relief, aid and assistance to 18 the volunteer members of such corporation who are indigent, disabled, or 19 injured in the performance of their duties, and to provide such relief, 20 aid and assistance to their families; to maintain a suitable headquar- 21 ters for the volunteer members of such corporation, and their families; 22 to provide for the health and safety of the volunteer members of such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10859-02-1A. 7380--A 2 1 corporation; to enhance the morale of the volunteer members of such 2 corporation by providing social and recreational activities for such 3 volunteer members; and to provide for the promotion of the volunteer 4 fire service within the territory protected by such fire department of 5 the Wallkill Hook, Ladder and Hose Co., Incorporated. 6 § 7. a. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. 7 Such corporation shall collect and there shall be paid to it all taxes 8 imposed by section [five hundred fifty-three] nine thousand one hundred 9 four of the insurance law for the fire department use and benefit upon 10 premiums for insurance against loss or damage by fire covering property 11 situated in the Wallkill fire district located in the town of Shawan- 12 gunk, Ulster county, New York or within any duly organized territory in 13 which the Wallkill hook ladder and hose company incorporated is or may 14 be obligated to render fire protection. 15 b. The officers of said corporation designated by its by-laws to 16 collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall have all the same powers and 17 be subject to all the provisions of section nine thousand one hundred 18 four of the insurance law, relating to treasurers of fire departments. 19 c. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share of the 20 tax imposed by section [five hundred fifty-four] nine thousand one 21 hundred five of the insurance law, based upon the business written in 22 the territory with respect to which it is entitled to collect and 23 receive the tax under section [five hundred fifty-three] nine thousand 24 one hundred four of the insurance law. 25 [Such taxes shall only be used for the care and relief of disabled or26indigent volunteer and exempt volunteer firemen and their families.] d. 27 Such taxes shall only be used by the corporation in furtherance of its 28 purposes as set forth in section three of this act. 29 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.