Bill Text: NY S06364 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expands the purposes of the Putnam Lake Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association to be to promote friendly association for the betterment of the members of the corporation; to promote relations between the members of the corporation and the local community; to provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and their families who by reason of age, ill-health, injury, disability or financial hardship or vulnerability are deemed worthy of such assistance; to provide for the health and safety of the members of the corporation; to maintain suitable headquarters for the members of the corporation; to acquire real and personal property such as may be necessary for the purposes set forth in this clause; to study and disseminate among the members of the corporation the most efficient manner of fighting fires; and to promote the volunteer fire service within the territory now served or which may hereafter be served by the Putnam Lake Fire Department, Inc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-03 - referred to local governments [S06364 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S06364-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6364 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 18, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend chapter 576 of the laws of 1977 incorporating the Putnam Lake Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association and providing for its powers and duties, in relation to the purposes of the Putnam Lake Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1977 incorporating 2 the Putnam Lake Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association and providing 3 for its powers and duties, is REPEALED and a new section 3 is added to 4 read as follows: 5 § 3. Purposes. The purposes of such corporation shall be to (a) to 6 promote friendly association for the betterment of the members of the 7 corporation; (b) to promote relations between the members of the corpo- 8 ration and the local community; (c) to provide relief, aid and assist- 9 ance to those members and their families who by reason of age, ill- 10 health, injury, disability or financial hardship or vulnerability are 11 deemed worthy of such assistance; (d) to provide for the health and 12 safety of the members of the corporation; (e) to maintain suitable head- 13 quarters for the members of the corporation; (f) to acquire real and 14 personal property such as may be necessary for the purposes set forth in 15 this section; (g) to study and disseminate among the members of the 16 corporation the most efficient manner of fighting fires; and (h) to 17 promote the volunteer fire service within the territory now served or 18 which may hereafter be served by the Putnam Lake Fire Department, Inc. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10386-02-3