Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A8935

2013-2014 Legislative Session

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

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2013-A8935 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6212
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง10-1006, Vil L

2013-A8935 (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-A8935 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8935

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 3, 2014
                               ___________

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

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

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.