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Assembly Bill A8525A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Ridge volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association

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2025-A8525 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7888
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Firefighters' Benevolent Association
Laws Affected:
Amd §7, Chap 521 of 2001

2025-A8525 - Summary

Relates to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Ridge volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association.

2025-A8525 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8525
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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.

2025-A8525A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7888
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Firefighters' Benevolent Association
Laws Affected:
Amd §7, Chap 521 of 2001

2025-A8525A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Ridge volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association.

2025-A8525A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8525--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Local  Governments  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11981-02-5
 A. 8525--A                          2

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