Bill Text: NY A09405 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the powers and duties of fire district commissioners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - signed chap.351 [A09405 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09405-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9405
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 1, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments
        AN  ACT  to amend the town law, in relation to powers and duties of fire
          district commissioners
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 11-b of section 176 of the town law, as amended
     2  by chapter 313 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     3    11-b. The members of the fire department at a regular or special meet-
     4  ing  of  the  department  held after the month of April but prior to the
     5  month of November in any year may adopt a resolution  recommending  that
     6  future  meetings for the nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs be
     7  held in December, either on the first Thursday, the first Saturday,  the
     8  Thursday  following  the first Tuesday, the Saturday following the first
     9  Tuesday, the Thursday following the  second  Tuesday,  or  the  Saturday
    10  following the second Tuesday in such month, instead of April as provided
    11  in  subdivision  eleven-a  of this section. Provided, however, the Davis
    12  Park fire department may adopt a resolution to hold future meetings, for
    13  nomination of chief and assistant chiefs, on the last Sunday in  Septem-
    14  ber;  and  the Caton fire district may adopt a resolution to hold future
    15  meetings, for nominations of chief and assistant chiefs, on  the  second
    16  Tuesday  in  December. The notice or call for such meeting shall specify
    17  that such a resolution will be offered to be voted upon at such meeting.
    18  If such resolution is adopted, the board of fire commissioners may adopt
    19  a rule or regulation providing that future meetings for  the  nomination
    20  of  chief  and assistant chiefs shall be held in December, either on the
    21  first Thursday, the first Saturday, the  Thursday  following  the  first
    22  Tuesday,  the Saturday following the first Tuesday, the Thursday follow-
    23  ing the second Tuesday, the Saturday following  the  second  Tuesday  in
    24  such  month, the last Sunday in September in the Davis Park fire depart-
    25  ment, or the second Tuesday in December in the Caton fire  district,  as
    26  specified  in  the  fire  department  resolution,  instead  of  April as
    27  provided in subdivision eleven-a of this section. Each nominee shall  be
    28  a  member  of  the  fire  department [and a resident of the state of New

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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