NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7418A
SPONSOR: Brown K TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 535 of the laws of 1968 relating to the incorpo-
ration of the Deer Park Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Associ-
ation, and providing for its powers and duties, in relation to the
source of tax revenues paid to such association for fire department use
and benefit
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Relates to the source of tax revenues paid to the Deer Park Volunteer
Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association for fire department use and
benefit
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Section 7 of chapter 535 of the laws of 1968, relating to the
incorporation of the Deer Park Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent
Association, and providing for its powers and duties, is amended
Section 2: establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Deer Park Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association receives
Foreign Fire insurance Premium Tax monies from the New York State Insur-
ance Department. Currently, they are authorized to use such funds for
the care and relief of injured, disabled, or indigent volunteers and
exempt firefighters and their families. This legislation would authorize
the Association to use the funds in the furtherance of all their statu-
tory purposes.
This act would amend the chapter of law governing ,the operation of the
Deer Park Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association in a manner
similar to that which has been done for other volunteer firefighters'
benevolent associations, so that it may more effectively attend to the
well-being of the association, its members and their families.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None to state.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7418--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 19, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 535 of the laws of 1968 relating to the incorpo-
ration of the Deer Park Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Associ-
ation, and providing for its powers and duties, in relation to the
source of tax revenues paid to such association for fire department
use and benefit
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 535 of the laws of 1968, relating to
2 the incorporation of the Deer Park Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent
3 Association, and providing for its powers and duties, is amended to read
4 as follows:
5 § 7. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. Such
6 corporation shall collect and there shall be paid to it all taxes
7 imposed by section [five hundred fifty-three] 9104 of the insurance law
8 for fire department use and benefit, upon premiums for insurance against
9 loss or damage by fire covering property situated within the territory
10 protected by the Deer Park fire department, located in the town of Baby-
11 lon, Suffolk county, New York, viz: within the bounds of the Deer Park
12 fire district, or within any specifically described territory in which
13 the Deer Park fire department may hereafter be obligated, by written
14 contract, to render fire protection. The officer of said corporation
15 designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall
16 have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of the insur-
17 ance law, relating to treasurers of fire departments. Such corporation
18 shall also be entitled to receive a share of the tax imposed by section
19 [five hundred fifty-four] 9105 of the insurance law, based upon the
20 business written in the territory with respect to which it is entitled
21 to collect and receive the tax under section [five hundred fifty-three]
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 9104 of the insurance law. [Such taxes shall only be used for the care
2 and relief of disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt volunteer fire-
3 men and their families.] Such taxes shall only be used by the corpo-
4 ration in furtherance of its purposes as set forth under section three
5 of this act.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
