Assembly Bill A9248

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the revenue threshold for annual audit of fire districts

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A9248 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-z, Gen Muni L; amd §181-b, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1743
2013-2014: A1629

2009-A9248 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the revenue threshold for annual audit of fire districts from $200,000 to $300,000.

2009-A9248 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9248 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9248

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            November 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. FIELDS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law and the town law, in relation
  to increasing the revenue threshold for annual audit of fire districts

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 209-z of the general municipal
law, as amended by chapter 555 of the laws of 2007, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  1.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  general or special law to the
contrary, any fire company with revenues of [two] THREE hundred thousand
dollars, or such lesser amount as the state comptroller shall designate,
that contracts with a city, town, village or fire  district  to  provide
fire service shall obtain an annual audit of its records by an independ-
ent  certified  public  accountant  or an independent public accountant.
Such audit shall be an examination of the revenues and  expenditures  in
connection  with  such contract or contracts.  Such audit shall indicate
whether the fire company has filed Internal Revenue Service Form 990 and
any report required pursuant to section thirty-three-a of this  chapter.
If  such  filings  are  required and have not been made, the audit shall
include an examination of all revenues, expenditures and resources  from
any  source. For purposes of this section, the term "fire company" shall
have the same meaning as set forth for such term in section three of the
volunteer firefighters' benefit law.
  S 2. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 181-b of the town law,  as  added
by  chapter  237  of  the laws of 2006 and such section as renumbered by
chapter 555 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  1. The commissioner of each fire district with revenues of [two] THREE
hundred thousand dollars or more shall obtain an  annual  audit  of  its
records  by an independent certified public accountant or an independent
public accountant. The report of such annual audit shall be presented to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14727-01-9

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