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Assembly Bill A10444

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the administration of grants under the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment (V-FIRE) grant program

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2025-A10444 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8700
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §709-b, Exec L

2025-A10444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires grants under the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment (V-FIRE) grant program to be awarded equally among the regions of the state with eligible departments.

2025-A10444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10444
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the administration  of
   grants  under the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment
   (V-FIRE) grant program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 709-b
 to read as follows:
   § 709-B. ADMINISTRATION  OF  THE  VOLUNTEER  FIRE  INFRASTRUCTURE  AND
 RESPONSE EQUIPMENT (V-FIRE) GRANT PROGRAM. 1.  FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE
 VOLUNTEER  FIRE  INFRASTRUCTURE  AND  RESPONSE  EQUIPMENT (V-FIRE) GRANT
 PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DIVISION SHALL BE AWARDED IN  EQUAL  AMOUNTS
 TO  EACH  REGION  OF THE STATE WHICH HAVE ELIGIBLE DEPARTMENTS.  REGIONS
 SHALL BE AS ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE ELEVEN OF  THE  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT
 LAW  WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION.  THE DIVISION SHALL
 ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR EACH REGION DESIGNED TO  IDENTIFY  ELIGIBLE  FIRE
 DEPARTMENTS  WITHIN  EACH  REGION WITH THE GREATEST NEEDS. SUCH CRITERIA
 MAY LIMIT ELIGIBILITY  TO  WHOLLY  VOLUNTEER  DISTRICTS  BUT  SHALL  NOT
 PROHIBIT  AWARDS  ON THE BASIS OF THE SIZE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATING
 BUDGET.
   2. SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION  AND  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 CONFLICTING  PROVISION  OF  LAW, ELIGIBLE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK SHALL BE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE LONG ISLAND REGION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13543-07-6

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