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Senate Bill S10084

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of Hamburg to extend the Big Tree fire protection district to include the village of Blasdell

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2025-S10084 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Erie County

2025-S10084 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that once the board of trustees of the village of Blasdell abolishes its fire department, the town of Hamburg may extend the Big Tree fire protection district to include such village.

2025-S10084 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10084 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10084
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to authorize the town of Hamburg to  extend  the  Big  Tree  fire
   protection district into the village of Blasdell
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of  article  11  of
 the town law, commencing upon the effective date of a resolution adopted
 by  the  board  of trustees of the village of Blasdell, in the county of
 Erie, pursuant to section 10-1020 of the village law abolishing the fire
 department in such village, the town board of the town  of  Hamburg,  in
 accordance with the procedures set forth in subdivision 2 of section 170
 of  the  town  law,  shall  have  the  power to extend the Big Tree fire
 protection district, located in the  town  of  Hamburg  to  include  and
 encompass the entire corporate limits of the village of Blasdell in such
 town.
   §  2.  Upon  the  completion by the town of Hamburg of the proceedings
 authorized by section one of this act, the fire protection  district  in
 the town as extended shall be a fire protection district governed by the
 provisions  of  section  184 of the town law, and the town board of such
 town shall have all of the powers and duties vested in  and  imposed  on
 town  boards by section 184 of the town law, and shall be subject to all
 of the limitations,  procedures  and  restrictions  set  forth  in  such
 section.
   §  3.  On  and  after  the completion of the proceedings authorized by
 section one of this act, the not-for-profit  fire  corporation  incorpo-
 rated as the "Big Tree Volunteer Firemen's Company, Inc." shall maintain
 its corporate existence and may maintain apparatus and facilities within
 the  village  of  Blasdell  for  the furnishing of fire protection if it
 chooses. Such continued presence in the village of  Blasdell  shall  not
 render  such fire corporation to be the fire department of such village,
 nor shall it render such fire corporation to be under the control of the
 village authorities pursuant to paragraph (e) of  section  1402  of  the
 not-for-profit  corporation law, provided, however, that for purposes of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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