Bill Text: NY S08133 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the Wheatland-Scottsville Joint Fire District; provides for the dissolution of the town of Wheatland fire protection district located in the town of Wheatland, Monroe county, New York, and the establishment of the Wheatland-Scottsville joint fire district by the town board of the Town of Wheatland, and the board of trustees of the village of Scottsville, Monroe county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-18 - PRINT NUMBER 8133A [S08133 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08133-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8133--A

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 26, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT in relation to the  establishment  of  the  Wheatland-Scottsville
          joint fire district

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

     1    Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in this act,  the  dissolution
     2  of the town of Wheatland fire protection district located in the town of
     3  Wheatland,  Monroe county, New York, the establishment of the Wheatland-
     4  Scottsville joint fire district by the town board of the town of  Wheat-
     5  land,  and  the  board of trustees of the village of Scottsville, Monroe
     6  county, and all actions taken in anticipation or as  a  result  thereof,
     7  shall  be governed, except as specifically excluded and excepted herein,
     8  by all applicable general, special and local laws,  including,  but  not
     9  limited  to the laws of the state of New York, including but not limited
    10  to the town law, the village law, the general  municipal  law,  and  the
    11  local finance law.
    12    § 2. The payment of principal and interest on any outstanding bonds or
    13  notes,  leases  or  other  obligations  of  the  village of Scottsville,
    14  related to fire protection, issued or assumed by  the  Wheatland-Scotts-
    15  ville joint fire district, shall be a charge on the taxable real proper-
    16  ty located in the Wheatland-Scottsville joint fire district.
    17    § 3. Any bond resolution adopted by the board of fire commissioners of
    18  the  Wheatland-Scottsville  joint  fire  district in accordance with the
    19  local finance law to authorize the issuance of serial bonds in an amount
    20  not to exceed $2,000,000 to finance the acquisition from the village  of
    21  Scottsville  of the village's firehouse, the land on which the firehouse
    22  is situated, and the village's  firefighting  equipment,  apparatus  and
    23  communication  equipment  shall  become  effective upon adoption by such
    24  board of a resolution and shall not be subject to a mandatory referendum
    25  in accordance with section 38.00 of the local finance law. Subsequent to
    26  the issuance of such serial  bonds  for  these  specific  purposes,  any

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  future  borrowing  by  the fire district shall be in accordance with the
     2  applicable provisions of New York state law.
     3    §  4.  (a) The village of Scottsville is hereby empowered and directed
     4  to transfer to the Wheatland-Scottsville joint fire district, the  unex-
     5  pended  and  encumbered  balance  of  the  appropriations  for  the fire
     6  protection purposes in the village's 2020-2021 budget, for  use  by  the
     7  Wheatland-Scottsville  joint  fire  district  for  any  lawful object or
     8  purpose of the district.
     9    (b) The town of Wheatland is hereby empowered and directed to transfer
    10  to the Wheatland-Scottsville joint fire district, an amount equal to the
    11  unexpended and encumbered balance of the  appropriations  for  the  fire
    12  protection  purposes  in the town's 2020 budget, which has not been paid
    13  to the village for use by the Wheatland-Scottsville joint fire  district
    14  for any lawful object or purpose of the district.
    15    § 5. The Wheatland-Scottsville joint fire district is hereby empowered
    16  and  may  enter  into  one  or  more contracts with the Scottsville fire
    17  department, Inc. for the provision to all or any portion of  the  Wheat-
    18  land-Scottsville joint fire district for fire protection services, emer-
    19  gency  services in case of accidents, calamities or other emergencies in
    20  connection with which services of firefighters would be required, gener-
    21  al ambulance service, or any combination  thereof.  Except  as  provided
    22  herein,  such  contracts shall be entered into pursuant to, and governed
    23  by, subdivision 22 of section 176 of the town law and, as provided ther-
    24  ein, subject to the provisions of section 209-b of the general municipal
    25  law.
    26    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.