Bill Text: NY S06408 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the boundary of the Middletown-Hardenburgh fire district to include the territorial boundaries of the village of Margaretville for the purposes of fire protection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - APPROVAL MEMO.2 [S06408 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06408-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6408
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 22, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to authorize the Middletown-Hardenburgh fire district  to  extend
         the fire district into the village of Margaretville
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of  article  11  of
    2  the town law, commencing upon the effective date of a resolution adopted
    3  by  the village of Margaretville, in the county of Delaware, pursuant to
    4  section 170 of the town law governing fire districts, to consolidate the
    5  village of Margaretville into the Middletown-Hardenburgh fire  district,
    6  which  surrounds  the village of Margaretville, for the purposes of fire
    7  protection.
    8    S 2. Upon the completion  by  the  village  of  Margaretville  of  the
    9  proceedings  authorized  by  section  one of this act, the fire district
   10  shall include the village of Margaretville, and  the  Middletown-Harden-
   11  burgh  fire  district  shall continue to have all of the powers, duties,
   12  and responsibilities it possessed prior to the enactment  of  this  act,
   13  and  shall  be  subject  to  all  of  the  limitations,  procedures, and
   14  restrictions set forth in such section.
   15    S 3. On and after the completion of proceedings authorized by  section
   16  one  of  this  act,  the  fire district shall maintain its existence and
   17  continue to maintain apparatus, appliances  and  facilities  as  it  did
   18  before  the  enactment  of  this act. Nothing in this act shall give the
   19  village of Margaretville control  over  the  fire  district  beyond  the
   20  provisions of the town law.
   21    S  4. The village of Margaretville and the Middletown-Hardenburgh fire
   22  district shall use the existing procedures of section 170  of  the  town
   23  law  for  adoption  of  the  resolutions  to  consolidate the village of
   24  Margaretville into the Middletown-Hardenburgh fire  district;  provided,
   25  however, that nothing in this act shall alleviate the village of Margar-
   26  etville  from  complying  with the provisions of section 170 of the town
   27  law.
   28    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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