Senate Bill S6212

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the authority of the state fire administrator to waive certain membership requirements

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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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2013-S6212 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8935
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §10-1006, Vil L

2013-S6212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Gives the state fire administrator the authority to waive certain membership requirements affecting non-residents who want to join the volunteer fire company.

2013-S6212 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6212

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 8, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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  the  authority  of  the
  state fire administrator to grant a waiver for the election of non-re-
  sident members in the fire company

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 10-1006 of  the  village  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  185  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
follows:
  7. (A) The membership of any volunteer fireman shall not be  continued
pursuant  to  subdivision  five,  and  persons  shall  not be elected to
membership pursuant to subdivision six, if, by so doing, the  percentage
of such non-resident members in the fire company would exceed forty-five
per centum of the actual membership of the fire company.
  (B)  UPON  APPLICATION BY A FIRE DISTRICT OR FIRE COMPANY TO THE STATE
FIRE ADMINISTRATOR, THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION  SHALL  BE  WAIVED, PROVIDED THAT NO ADJACENT FIRE DISTRICT OBJECTS
WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF NOTICE, PUBLISHED IN THE STATE REGISTER.  ANY  SUCH
OBJECTION  SHALL  BE  MADE  IN  WRITING  TO THE STATE FIRE ADMINISTRATOR
SETTING FORTH THE REASONS SUCH WAIVER SHOULD NOT BE  GRANTED.  IN  CASES
WHERE AN OBJECTION IS PROPERLY FILED, THE STATE FIRE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL
HAVE  THE  AUTHORITY  TO  GRANT  A  WAIVER UPON CONSIDERATION OF (1) THE
DIFFICULTY OF THE FIRE COMPANY OR DISTRICT IN RETAINING  AND  RECRUITING
ADEQUATE  PERSONNEL;  (2)  ANY  ALTERNATIVE  MEANS AVAILABLE TO THE FIRE
COMPANY OR DISTRICT TO ADDRESS SUCH DIFFICULTIES; AND (3) THE IMPACT  OF
SUCH WAIVER ON ADJACENT FIRE DISTRICTS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13418-01-4


              

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