Bill Text: NY S07021 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts the village of Briarcliff Manor fire department, within the village of Briarcliff Manor, county of Westchester, from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-02 - SIGNED CHAP.385 [S07021 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07021-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7021

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 24, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- 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 exempting the village of
          Briarcliff  Manor  fire  department  from  the  requirement  that  the
          percentage  of  non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-
          five percent of the membership

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of section 10-1006 of the village law, as
     2  amended by chapter 185 of the laws  of  2020,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    7.  The membership of any volunteer firefighter shall not be continued
     5  pursuant to subdivision five of this section, and persons shall  not  be
     6  elected  to  membership pursuant to subdivision six of this section, if,
     7  by so doing, the percentage of such non-resident  members  in  the  fire
     8  company  would  exceed forty-five per centum of the actual membership of
     9  the fire company, provided however, that the provisions of this subdivi-
    10  sion shall not apply to the membership of the village of Blasdell volun-
    11  teer fire department, provided however,  that  the  provisions  of  this
    12  subdivision shall not apply to the membership of the village of Delanson
    13  volunteer  fire company in the village of Delanson, county of Schenecta-
    14  dy, provided however, that the provisions of this subdivision shall  not
    15  apply  to  membership  of the village of Port Dickinson Fire Department,
    16  within the village of Port Dickinson, Broome County,  provided  however,
    17  that  the  provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the member-
    18  ship of the village of Briarcliff  Manor  fire  department,  within  the
    19  village of Briarcliff Manor, county of Westchester.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11499-01-1