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                                         5619
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 22, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to continue  the  existence
         and  operation  of  the  Woodbury  fire district within the village of
         Woodbury, in the county of Orange
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2-254 of the village law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE AND REGARDLESS
    4  OF  THE  INCORPORATION  OF  THE  VILLAGE  OF WOODBURY, THE WOODBURY FIRE
    5  DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, SHALL NOT CEASE TO EXIST AS A  RESULT
    6  OF  THE  INCORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF WOODBURY, BUT SHALL CONTINUE TO
    7  EXIST AND OPERATE AS A DISTRICT CORPORATION   AND POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION
    8  OF  THE  STATE, AS IT EXISTED AND OPERATED ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
    9  THOUSAND SIX.  SUCH FIRE DISTRICT AND THE FIRE COMPANIES  THEREOF  SHALL
   10  CONTINUE  TO  PROVIDE  FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES ON AND AFTER JUNE FIRST,
   11  TWO THOUSAND NINE, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH DISTRICT. THE BOARD  OF
   12  FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF SUCH FIRE DISTRICT SHALL CONTINUE AS THE GOVERNING
   13  BODY OF THE WOODBURY FIRE DISTRICT AND ALL OFFICERS OF THE FIRE DISTRICT
   14  SHALL  CONTINUE  TO  SERVE AND ACT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CAPACITIES ON AND
   15  AFTER JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE.  ALL  ASSETS,  DEBTS,  LIABILITIES,
   16  CONTRACTS,  CAUSES OF ACTION AND OTHER ENTITLEMENTS OF THE WOODBURY FIRE
   17  DISTRICT AND THE FIRE COMPANIES THEREOF SHALL SURVIVE ON AND AFTER  JUNE
   18  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE.
   19    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   20  if this act shall not have become a law on or before June  1,  2009,  it
   21  shall  take  effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full
   22  force and effect on and after June 1, 2009.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02551-01-9