NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6619

Senate Bill S6619

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting certain fire department officers of the Village of Hancock fire department from a New York state residency requirement

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 26, 2024	reported and committed to finance
Jan 03, 2024	referred to local government
May 01, 2023	referred to local government

Votes

- Feb 26, 2024 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S6619
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: Feb 26, 2024
      
      aye (5)
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Martinez
      
      Rhoads
      
      Weik
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Skoufis
      
      Thomas

2023-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4039
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Village Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §10-1012, Vil L

2023-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exempting certain fire department officers of the Village of Hancock fire department from a New York state residency requirement; provides that chief, first and second assistant chiefs and any additional chiefs of the fire department of the village of Hancock need not be a resident of the state of New York.

2023-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6619

SPONSOR: OBERACKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the village law, in relation to exempting fire depart-
ment officers of the Village of Hancock fire department from a New York
state residency requirement

 
PURPOSE:

Relates to exempting certain fire department officers of the Village of
Hancock fire department from a New York state residency requirement

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 10-1012 of the village law, as
amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2015 is amended:

1. The chief and the first and second assistant chiefs and such addi-
tional assistant chiefs, if any, as may be provided for in the by-laws
of the fire department shall each be a member thereof and a resident of

the state of New York; provided, however, that fire department officers
of the fire department of the village of Hancock, Delaware county, need
not be residents of the state of New York.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Village of Hancock Fire Department is contracted to protect portions
of two townships in the state of Pennsylvania (Buckingham and Scott).
Hancock is situated at the junction of the East and West Branch of the
Delaware River and borders Pennsylvania. Due to the population and
location, the Village of Hancock Fire Department currently has members
that live in Pennsylvania that are qualified to be promoted as Chief or
Assistant Chief but due to Village Law 10-1012 that requires the Chief,
1st & 2nd Assistant Chiefs or any additional Assistant Chiefs they must
reside in the state of New York. This legislation, per the request of
the Hancock Fire Department, would amend the village law, and exempt
fire department officers of the Village of Hancock fire department from
a New York state residency requirement.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2023-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6619
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the village law, in relation to exempting fire depart-
   ment officers of the Village of Hancock fire  department  from  a  New
   York state residency requirement

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 10-1012 of  the  village  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  481  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The chief and the first and second assistant chiefs and such  addi-
 tional  assistant  chiefs, if any, as may be provided for in the by-laws
 of the fire department shall each be a member thereof and a resident  of
 the  state of New York; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS
 OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF HANCOCK, DELAWARE COUNTY,  NEED
 NOT  BE  RESIDENTS  OF  THE STATE OF NEW YORK. In addition, the board of
 trustees, or the board of fire commissioners subject to the approval  of
 the  board  of  trustees, may, by resolution, require that any or all of
 such fire department officers shall be residents  of  the  village.  The
 delegates elected to the general convention of the fire department shall
 meet  at  the  council  room thereof on the Thursday following the first
 Tuesday in April, except the elected delegates of the fire department of
 the village of Fishkill, Dutchess county, which shall meet on the  first
 Tuesday in December, and nominate a person for each of such offices; but
 the  fire  commissioners  of  any village may adopt a rule requiring all
 such nominations to be made on the day of the meeting by a vote  of  the
 duly  qualified  members of the department, in which case the meeting of
 the delegates in general convention, as provided for  in  this  section,
 shall  be dispensed with. The person acting as secretary of such conven-
 tion shall forthwith file in the office of the village clerk  a  certif-
 icate  of  such nominations. The board of fire commissioners at its next
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02051-01-3

 S. 6619                             2
 
 meeting shall consider the nominations and appoint such persons  to  the
 offices  to which they are respectively nominated or, if a nomination is
 not approved the board shall reconvene  the  general  convention,  which
 shall  submit  a  new nomination to take the place of any nomination not
 approved, which procedure shall continue until a full set of officers is
 approved. A person who has been convicted of arson in any  degree  shall
 not be eligible for nomination, election or appointment to the office of
 chief  or  assistant  chief.  Any  fire  chief or assistant chief who is
 convicted of arson in any degree during his  term  of  office  shall  be
 disqualified from completing such term of office.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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