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Senate Bill S4008

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes fire commissioners of volunteer fire departments to receive compensation

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2009-S4008 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1619
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง174, Town L

2009-S4008 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes fire commissioners of volunteer fire departments to receive compensation.

2009-S4008 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4008 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4008

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to  authorizing  fire  commis-
  sioners of volunteer fire departments to receive compensation

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 174 of the town law, as amended by
chapter 670 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  3. The fire district commissioners [shall] MAY  receive  [no]  compen-
sation  for their services, [but] AND a commissioner acting as secretary
of the fire district may ALSO be compensated. The fire  district  secre-
tary  shall receive such compensation as the fire district commissioners
may determine, but if the secretary be a member of  the  board  of  fire
commissioners  his  OR  HER  compensation  shall  be  fixed by the other
members of the board. The fire district treasurer and  the  director  of
purchasing,  when  such  office has been established, shall receive such
compensation as the fire district commissioners may determine. Each fire
district treasurer, each secretary in fire districts having  a  separate
secretary,  and  each  director of purchasing, when such office has been
established, shall before entering upon the duties of his OR HER  office
take  the  constitutional oath of office and file the same with the town
clerk of the town or one of the towns in which  such  fire  district  is
located.  The treasurer of each fire district shall before entering upon
the duties of his OR HER office, execute and file with the town clerk of
the town or one of the towns in which such fire district is located,  an
official undertaking, conditioned for the faithful performance of his OR
HER  duties and that he OR SHE will and truly keep, pay over and account
for all moneys of the fire district coming into  his  OR  HER  hands  as
treasurer  of  the fire district. The undertaking shall be in such form,
in such sum and with such  sureties  as  the  fire  commissioners  shall
direct and approve and such approval shall be indicated upon such under-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02493-01-9

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