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                                  7077--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 17, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 584 of the laws of  1996  relating  to  incorpo-
   ration  of  the  Wheatfield Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Associ-
   ation and providing for its powers and  duties,  in  relation  to  its
   purpose 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. Section 3 of chapter 584 of the laws of  1996  relating  to
 incorporation of the Wheatfield Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Asso-
 ciation  and  providing for its powers and duties, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 3. Purposes. The purposes of such corporation shall be  the  mainte-
 nance  of  suitable  headquarters  for,  and  the promotion of fraternal
 intercourse among the members of such corporation[,];  the  relief,  aid
 and  assistance  of  volunteer  firefighters  and their families who are
 INJURED, disabled or indigent [, and the promotion of]; TO  PROMOTE  AND
 SAFEGUARD  the  welfare  of  the volunteer [fire service] 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 RECRE-
 ATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION AND  THE
 PROMOTION  OF  THE VOLUNTEER FIRE SERVICE WITHIN THE TERRITORY PROTECTED
 BY SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE WHEATFIELD VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S BENEV-
 OLENT ASSOCIATION.
   § 2. Section 7 of chapter 584 of the laws of 1996 relating to incorpo-
 ration of the Wheatfield Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent  Association
 and providing for its powers and duties, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 7. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. Such
 corporation  shall  collect  and  there  shall  be  paid to it all taxes
 imposed by section 9104 of the insurance law for fire department use and
 benefit, upon premiums for insurance against  loss  or  damage  by  fire
 covering  property  situated  in  the  territory in which the Adams Fire
 Company Inc., St. Johnsburg Fire Company Inc., and Frontier Fire Company
 Inc., in the town of Wheatfield, county of Niagara, are or may be  obli-
 gated to render fire protection. The officers of said corporation desig-
 nated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall have
 all  the  powers  and  be subject to all the provisions of the insurance
 law, relating to treasurers of  the  fire  companies.  Such  corporation
 shall  also be entitled to receive a share of the tax imposed by section
 9105 of the insurance law, based upon the business written in the terri-
 tory with respect to which it is entitled to collect and receive the tax
 under section 9104 of the insurance law. Such taxes shall only  be  used
 [for  the  care  and relief of disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt
 volunteer firefighters and their families] BY THE CORPORATION IN  FURTH-
 ERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE OF THIS ACT.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxes
 due on premiums received on and after January 1, 2024.