Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 16, 2009 |
signed chap.468 |
Sep 04, 2009 |
delivered to governor |
Jul 16, 2009 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.820 substituted for s5703 |
Jul 16, 2009 |
substituted by a8669 |
Jul 15, 2009 |
ordered to third reading cal.820 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 28, 2009 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S5703
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8669 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S5703 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8669
- Law Section:
- Town Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง176-b, Town L
2009-S5703 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5703 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the town law, in relation to establishing an exemption from the residency requirement for volunteer members of the Pocatello fire district or the Washington Heights fire district, in the county of Orange PURPOSE : To include the Pocatello and Washington Heights fire districts in the Orange County among the list of fire districts and fire companies which are exempt from the statutory limits on the percentage of non-resident members, thereby helping enable this volunteer fire company to have a sufficient level of membership to protect the community. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill amends Section 176-b(7) of the Town Law to include the Pocatello and Washington Heights fire districts among the list of fire districts and fire companies which are exempt from the statutory limits on non-resident members.
2009-S5703 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5703 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 28, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- 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 establishing an exemption from the residency requirement for volunteer members of the Pocatello fire district or the Washington Heights fire district, in the county of Orange THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 176-b of the town law, as sepa- rately amended by chapters 358, 378, 380 and 645 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 7. The membership of any volunteer firefighter shall not be continued pursuant to subdivision five of this section, and persons shall not be elected to membership pursuant to subdivision six of this section, 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, provided however, that the provisions of this subdivi- sion shall not apply to the memberships of the Shelter Island Heights fire district, the Cherry Grove fire district, the Fire Island Pines fire district, the Davis Park fire department, and the Cold Spring Harbor fire district in Suffolk county, the New Hampton fire district, the Mechanicstown fire district, THE POCATELLO FIRE DISTRICT, THE WASH- INGTON HEIGHTS FIRE DISTRICT and the Good Will fire district in Orange county, the Jericho fire district and the Westbury fire district in Nassau county, the Orangeburg fire district in Rockland county, the South Lockport Fire Company and the Terry's Corners volunteer fire company in Niagara County, the Taunton fire district and the Onondaga Hill fire department in Onondaga county, the Town of Batavia fire department in Genesee County, the Schuyler Heights fire district and the Slingerlands fire district I in Albany county, the town of Providence fire district in Saratoga county, the River Road fire district, No. 3 in EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14110-01-9
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