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                                   9546
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2024
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 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 260 of the laws of 1954 relating to  the  Volun-
   teer  and  Exempt  Firemen's    Benevolent Association of Mount Kisco,
   Westchester County, New York, Inc., in relation to  the  purposes  and
   duties  of  such  corporation  and  the  use of foreign fire insurance
   premium taxes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Sections 1, 2, 3 and 8 of chapter 260 of the laws of 1954
 relating to incorporating the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's  Benevolent
 Association of Mount Kisco, New York, are amended to read as follows:
   Section  1. Incorporation; membership. A membership corporation by the
 name of "Volunteer and Exempt [Firemen's] FIREFIGHTER'S Benevolent Asso-
 ciation of Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, Inc.,"  is  hereby
 created.  It  shall  be composed of such persons eligible for membership
 therein as hereinafter provided as shall (a) notify the secretary of the
 Mount Kisco fire department in writing prior to the organization meeting
 of such corporation hereinafter provided for of their desire  to  become
 members,  or (b) shall attend such meeting or an adjournment thereof and
 signify their intention of becoming members  at  such  meeting,  or  (c)
 shall  notify the secretary of the corporation hereby created in writing
 within sixty days after his election of their desire to  become  members
 thereof, and also such persons so eligible as may become members of such
 corporation pursuant to its by-laws.
   §  2.  Persons eligible to membership. All persons who are now, or who
 have been, or who hereafter shall be active  volunteer  members  of  the
 Mount  Kisco  fire department, and who have heretofore acquired or shall
 hereafter acquire the status of exempt volunteer  [firemen]  FIREFIGHTER
 as  defined  in  section two hundred of the general municipal law or any
 other applicable law by virtue of having rendered service in  the  Mount
 Kisco fire department, and all persons who are NOW OR HEREAFTER SHALL BE
 active  volunteer  members  of  the Mount Kisco fire department shall be
 eligible for membership in the corporation created by this  act,  except
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 that  any [fireman] FIREFIGHTER who has been removed for cause, expelled
 or dropped from the rolls of any fire company or department, and who has
 not been reinstated therein, shall not be  eligible  for  membership  in
 such corporation. The membership of any person in such corporation shall
 terminate  upon  the  withdrawal  of  such person as an active volunteer
 member of the Mount Kisco fire department prior to the  actual  perform-
 ance  by such person of five years service as an active volunteer member
 of the Mount Kisco fire department.
   § 3. Purposes AND DUTY OF THE ASSOCIATION. The purposes of the  corpo-
 ration  created  by this act shall be [the]:  (A) TO PROVIDE relief, aid
 and assistance [of] TO THE VOLUNTEER the members of such corporation who
 are disabled or indigent, OR INJURED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH MEMBER'S
 DUTIES, and [their] SUCH MEMBERS' families[, the maintenance of]; (B) TO
 PROMOTE AND SAFEGUARD THE WELFARE  OF  THE  VOLUNTEER  MEMBERS  OF  SUCH
 CORPORATION,  AND  SUCH MEMBERS' FAMILIES; (C) TO PROVIDE FOR THE HEALTH
 AND SAFETY OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION; (D) TO  MAINTAIN
 A  suitable headquarters for [and the promotion of fraternal intercourse
 among] the members of such corporation[,]; (E) TO ENHANCE THE MORALE  OF
 THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF SUCH CORPORATION BY PROVIDING SOCIAL AND RECRE-
 ATIONAL  ACTIVITIES  FOR  THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF SUCH CORPORATION; and
 (F) the promotion of the volunteer fire  service  within  the  territory
 protected by such Mount Kisco fire department[, Mount Kisco, Westchester
 county,  New  York.  However,  unless  the written approval of the state
 board of social welfare, shall have first  been  obtained,  this  corpo-
 ration  shall  not establish and maintain any home or institution which,
 if separately incorporated, would require the approval of such board].
   § 8. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. Such
 corporation shall collect and there shall be paid to it all tax  imposed
 by  section [five hundred fifty-three] NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR of
 the insurance law, for fire department use and benefit upon premiums for
 insurance against loss or damage  by  fire  covering  property  situated
 within the territory protected by the Mount Kisco fire department of the
 village  of  Mount  Kisco,  Westchester county, New York, and within any
 duly organized territory in which the Mount Kisco fire department may be
 obligated to render fire protection. The  officer  of  said  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. Such corporation
 shall also be entitled to receive a share of the tax imposed by  section
 [five  hundred  fifty-four] NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIVE of the insur-
 ance 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] NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR of the  insur-
 ance  law.    Such  taxes shall only be used [for the care and relief of
 disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt firemen and their families] BY
 THE CORPORATION IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES AS SET FORTH  IN  SECTION
 THREE OF THIS ACT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
 the amendments to section 8 of chapter 260 of the laws of 1954  relating
 to  incorporating  the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Associ-
 ation of Mount Kisco,  Westchester  County,  New  York,  Inc.,  made  by
 section one of this act shall apply to taxes due on premiums received on
 and after January 1, 2025.