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                                   8525
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to amend chapter 521 of the laws of 2001 establishing the Ridge
   volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association,  and  providing
   for  its  powers  and  duties,  in relation to 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 7 of chapter 521 of the laws of 2001 establishing
 the Ridge volunteer exempt  firefighter's  benevolent  association,  and
 providing  for  its  powers and duties, as amended by chapter 525 of the
 laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   § 7. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.  The
 Ridge   volunteer  exempt  firefighter's  benevolent  association  shall
 collect and there shall be paid to it  all  taxes  imposed  pursuant  to
 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 Ridge fire district in the town of Brookhaven,
 county of Suffolk, or within any duly organized territory in  which  the
 Ridge  fire  district  is or may be obligated to render fire protection.
 The officer of such corporation designated 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 fire
 departments. 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 territory 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 firefighters 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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