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                                  8299--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Local Governments -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Governments
   in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee

 AN ACT to amend the Nassau County Civil Divisions Act,  in  relation  to
   the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Westbury
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 625.1, 625.4 and 625.5 of the Nassau County  Civil
 Divisions  Act,  as added by chapter 64 of the laws of 1940, are amended
 to read as follows:
   § 625.1. Purposes. The purposes  of  such  corporation  shall  be  the
 relief,  aid and assistance of the members of such corporation and their
 immediate families, who are INJURED, disabled or indigent, TO MAINTAIN A
 SUITABLE HEADQUARTERS FOR SUCH MEMBERS OF SUCH CORPORATION,  TO  PROVIDE
 FOR  THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF A CORPORATION, TO
 ENHANCE THE MORALE OF  THE  VOLUNTEER  MEMBERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION  BY
 PROVIDING  SOCIAL  AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS
 OF A CORPORATION, and the promotion of the welfare of the volunteer fire
 service in the territory protected by the Westbury fire department.
   § 625.4. Control and disposal of funds and property. The  control  and
 disposal  of  the  funds,  property  and estate of such corporation, THE
 EXERCISE OF ITS POWERS and the management of its affairs shall be vested
 in a board of trustees, which shall consist of [five] ELEVEN members  of
 such  corporation,  TO WIT: THE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, THE
 SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE TREA-
 SURER AND FIVE OTHER MEMBERS HAVING THE TITLE OF TRUSTEE. [The  officers
 of  such  corporation  shall  be in such number and designated and shall
 have and exercise such powers and duties  as  may  be  provided  by  the
 by-laws.] The trustees and officers shall be elected at the annual meet-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ing  of  such  corporation  in the manner prescribed by its by-laws. The
 funds of such corporation, by unanimous vote of the BOARD  OF  trustees,
 may  be used [for the relief, aid and assistance of disabled or indigent
 active  or  exempt volunteer firemen of the Westbury fire department] BY
 THE CORPORATION IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES AS SET FORTH PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION 625.1 OF THIS ACT.
   §  625.5. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.
 a.  Such corporation shall collect and there shall be paid to it all tax
 imposed by section [five hundred  and  fifty-three]  NINE  THOUSAND  ONE
 HUNDRED  FOUR of the insurance law, for fire department use and benefit,
 upon premiums for insurance against loss  or  damage  by  fire  covering
 property situated within the area protected by the Westbury fire depart-
 ment, and within any duly organized territory in which the Westbury fire
 department is, or may hereafter be, obligated to render fire protection.
   b.  The  officer  of  such  corporation  designated  by its by-laws to
 collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall  have  the  same  powers  as
 provided  by  law for the treasurer of a fire department with respect to
 such collection and receipt.
   c. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share  of  the
 tax  imposed  by section [five hundred and fifty-four] NINE THOUSAND ONE
 HUNDRED FIVE of the insurance law, based upon premiums  written  in  the
 territory  with  respect  to which it is entitled to collect and receive
 the tax under section [five hundred and fifty-three] NINE  THOUSAND  ONE
 HUNDRED FOUR of the insurance law.
   d.  Such  taxes  shall  only  be used [for] BY the [care and relief of
 disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt firemen  and  their  families]
 CORPORATION  IN  FURTHERANCE  OF  ITS  PURPOSES AS SET FORTH PURSUANT TO
 SECTION 625.1 OF THIS ACT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.