Assembly Bill A11274

                             
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                                   11274
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 4, 2026
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 Introduced  by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the Nassau county civil divisions act,  in  relation  to
   the Volunteer and Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Beth-
   page, Nassau county, New York, Inc.
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 629.0, 629.1 and 629.6 of chapter 273 of the  laws
 of 1939, constituting the Nassau county civil divisions act, as added by
 chapter 71 of the laws of 1940, are amended to read as follows:
   §  629.0  Incorporation;  membership.  A membership corporation by the
 name of "Volunteer and Exempt [Firemen's] FIREFIGHTER'S Benevolent Asso-
 ciation of Bethpage, Nassau 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  Bethpage
 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] SUCH SECRETARY'S 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.
   § 629.1 Persons eligible to membership. All persons who  are  now,  or
 who have been, or who hereafter shall be active volunteer members of the
 Bethpage  fire  department,  and  who  have heretofore acquired or shall
 hereafter acquire the status of exempt volunteer [firemen]  FIREFIGHTERS
 as  defined  in  section two hundred of the general municipal law or any
 other applicable law by virtue of having rendered service in  the  Beth-
 page  fire  department,  and  all  persons  who are now active volunteer
 members of the Bethpage fire department shall be eligible for membership
 in the corporation created by this act, except that any [fireman]  FIRE-
 FIGHTER  who  has  been  removed for cause, expelled or dropped from the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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 Bethpage
 fire department prior to the actual performance by such person  of  five
 years service as an active volunteer member of the Bethpage fire depart-
 ment.
   §  629.6  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 and fifty-three] 9104 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
 Bethpage fire district of the town of Oyster  Bay,  Nassau  county,  New
 York, and within any duly organized territory in which the Bethpage 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 and  fifty-four]  9104  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  [five  hundred and fifty-three] 9104 of the insurance law. Such
 taxes shall only be used [for the care and relief of disabled  or  indi-
 gent volunteer and exempt firemen and their families] BY THE CORPORATION
 IN  FURTHERANCE  OF  ITS  PURPOSES AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 629.2 OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.