Bill Text: NY S06520 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits an incorporated firemen's benevolent association created by act of the legislature to include the following in the purposes of the association without an additional act of the legislature; 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 are injured, disabled or indigent; 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 section; 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 fire department associated with such corporation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S06520 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06520-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6520

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 25, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  not-for-profit  corporation law, in relation to
          expanding the purposes of certain firemen's benevolent associations

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 206 to read as follows:
     3  § 206. Expansion of purpose; certain firemen's benevolent associations.
     4    An incorporated firemen's benevolent association created by act of the
     5  legislature may include the following in the purposes  of  such  associ-
     6  ation without an additional act of the legislature:
     7    (a)  to promote friendly association for the betterment of the members
     8  of the corporation;
     9    (b) to promote relations between the members of  the  corporation  and
    10  the local community;
    11    (c)  to  provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and their
    12  families who are injured, disabled or indigent;
    13    (d) to provide for the health and safety of the members of the  corpo-
    14  ration;
    15    (e)  to  maintain  suitable headquarters for the members of the corpo-
    16  ration;
    17    (f) to acquire real and personal property such as may be necessary for
    18  the purposes set forth in this section;
    19    (g) to study and disseminate among the members of the corporation  the
    20  most efficient manner of fighting fires; and
    21    (h)  to  promote  the  volunteer fire service within the territory now
    22  served or which may hereafter be served by the fire  department  associ-
    23  ated with such corporation.
    24    § 2. 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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