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                                  5262--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Insurance  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend chapter 646 of the laws of 1939 relating to incorporat-
   ing the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of North
   Tarrytown, New York, in relation to the  purpose  and  duties  of  the
   association  and the usage of moneys received from foreign fire insur-
   ance companies by the association
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Sections 2 and 8 of chapter 646 of the laws of 1939 relat-
 ing to incorporating the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Asso-
 ciation of North Tarrytown, New York, are amended to read as follows:
   § 2. Purposes and duty of the association. The purposes  and  duty  of
 the  association  is to provide relief [to indigent and disabled firemen
 and their families], AID AND ASSISTANCE TO THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF SUCH
 CORPORATION WHO ARE INDIGENT, DISABLED OR INJURED IN THE PERFORMANCE  OF
 THEIR  DUTIES,  AND  THEIR FAMILIES; TO MAINTAIN A SUITABLE HEADQUARTERS
 FOR THE MEMBERS OF  SUCH  CORPORATION;  TO  PROMOTE  AND  SAFEGUARD  THE
 WELFARE OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION, 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  RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE
 VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTEER
 FIRE SERVICE WITHIN THE TERRITORY PROTECTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
   § 8. Precept of payment of  foreign  fire  insurance  companies.  Such
 [corporation]  ASSOCIATION  shall  collect and there shall be paid to it
 all tax imposed by section [one hundred thirty-three] NINE THOUSAND  ONE
 HUNDRED  FOUR  of  the insurance law FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT USE AND BENEFIT
 upon premiums on polices of insurance covering property situated  within
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD10311-06-9

 S. 5262--A                          2
 
 the  North  Tarrytown  (NOW KNOWN AS SLEEPY HOLLOW) fire district of the
 town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, or within any duly
 organized territory in which the fire department of said  fire  district
 is  obligated  to  render fire protection[, except that said corporation
 shall remit such percentage of all taxes so collected or paid to it,  to
 the  treasurer of the firemen's association of the state of New York, as
 may be required by the insurance law]. The officer of  said  corporation
 designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall
 have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of section [one
 hundred  thirty-three]  NINE  THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR of the insurance
 law, relating to treasurers of fire departments. Such corporation  shall
 also  be  entitled to receive a share of the tax imposed by section [one
 hundred forty-nine-a] NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIVE  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  [one
 hundred  thirty-three]  NINE  THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR of the insurance
 law TO BE COLLECTED AND USED BY THE CORPORATION IN  THE  FURTHERANCE  OF
 ITS PURPOSES AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO OF THIS ACT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.