NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7888

Senate Bill S7888

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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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 13, 2025	referred to local government

2025-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8525
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: Firefighters' Benevolent Association
Laws Affected:: Amd §7, Chap 521 of 2001

2025-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7888

SPONSOR: PALUMBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

This bill will amend chapter 521 of the laws of 2001 relating to incor-
porating the Ridge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Associ-
ation, Inc. in relation to the usage of money received from foreign fire
insurance companies by the association.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends section 7 of the chapter 521 of the laws of 2001
relating to the precept paragraph of the Ridge Volunteer Firefighter's
Benevolent Association, Inc to use taxes collected and paid by section

nine thousand one hundred four of the Insurance Law, as well as a share
of the tax imposed by section nine thousand one hundred five of the
Insurance Law, in the furtherance of its purposes as set forth in
section 3 of this article.

Section 2. Sets for the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Ridge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association, Inc
receives Foreign Fire Insurance Premium Tax monies from the New York
State Insurance Department. Currently, they are authorized to use such
funds for the care and relief of disabled or indigent volunteer and
exempt firefighters and their families. This legislation would authorize
the Association to use the funds in the furtherance of all their statu-
tory purposes, which also includes the maintenance of a suitable head-
quarters and the promotion of fraternal intercourse among the members
thereof, and the promotion of the welfare of the volunteer fire service
in addition to the relief, aid and assistance of such members and their
families who are disabled to indigent. This act would amend the chapter
of law governing the operation of the Ridge Volunteer Exempt Firefight-
er's Benevolent Association, Inc, in a manner like that which has been
done for other firefighter's benevolent associations so that it may more
effectively attend to the well-being of the association, its members and
their families.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2025-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7888
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 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.

                                                            LBD11981-01-5

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