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                                   8023
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. L. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter  73  of  the  laws  of  1940,  relating  to  the
   Lawrence-Cedarhurst  Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Associ-
   ation, Inc., in relation to the purposes of the corporation

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 612.1 and 612.4 of chapter 73 of the laws of 1940,
 relating  to  the incorporation of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Volunteer and
 Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association, Inc., are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 612.1 Purposes. The purposes of such corporation shall be [the main-
 tenance of]: TO MAINTAIN A suitable headquarters for the members of such
 corporation[,  the];  TO PROVIDE relief, aid and assistance [of such] TO
 THE VOLUNTEER members [and their families] OF SUCH CORPORATION  who  are
 disabled  or  indigent[,  and  the  promotion of] AND THEIR FAMILIES; TO
 PROMOTE AND SAFEGUARD the welfare of the volunteer MEMBERS OF THE CORPO-
 RATION, AND THEIR FAMILIES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF  THE
 VOLUNTEER  MEMBERS  OF THE CORPORATION; AND TO ENHANCE THE MORALE OF THE
 VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION BY PROVIDING SOCIAL AND  RECREATION
 ACTIVITIES  FOR  THE  VOLUNTEER  MEMBERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION,  AND THE
 PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTEER fire service within the incorporated villages
 of Lawrence and Cedarhurst and such other territories that  are  now  or
 may hereafter be served by the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department, Inc.
   §  612.4  Precept  for  payment  of  foreign and mutual fire insurance
 premium taxes. a. Such corporation shall collect and there shall be paid
 to it all tax imposed by [section five  hundred  fifty-three]    ARTICLE
 NINETY-ONE  of  the  insurance law, for fire department use and benefit,
 upon premiums on policies of insurance against loss or  damage  by  fire
 covering  property situated within the incorporated villages of Lawrence
 and Cedarhurst, and within any duly organized  territory  in  which  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 Lawrence-Cedarhurst  Fire  Department,  Inc., may 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 fifty-four] ARTICLE NINETY-ONE of
 the insurance law, based upon the business written in the territory with
 respect to which it is entitled to collect and  receive  the  tax  under
 [section  five  hundred fifty-three] ARTICLE NINETY-ONE of the insurance
 law.
   d. Such taxes shall [only] be used [for the care and relief  of  disa-
 bled or indigent volunteer and exempt firemen and their families] BY THE
 CORPORATION IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 612.1
 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.