Senate Bill S8916

                             
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                                  8916--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2026
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 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to permitting the village of Mayville board of  trus-
   tees  to transfer the funds of the Mayville ambulance reserve fund and
   the Mayville fire and rescue  equipment  reserve  fund  to  the  newly
   formed North Lake Fire District reserve accounts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. Whereas the village of Mayville board
 of trustees established a fire and rescue  equipment  reserve  fund  and
 ambulance  reserve fund to replace and repair equipment for the Mayville
 fire department. The fire and rescue equipment reserve fund  was  estab-
 lished on February 13, 2018, and was funded entirely by tax revenue from
 the  village  of Mayville for the purpose of purchasing firefighting and
 rescue apparatus and the  ambulance  reserve  fund  was  established  on
 February  6,  2024,  and  was  funded  entirely by billing for emergency
 medical services (EMS) calls performed by the village of  Mayville  fire
 department.  Upon  the  dissolution  of the Mayville fire department and
 merger with the Hartfield fire district and Dewittville fire district to
 create the North Lake fire district effective September 3, 2024, it  was
 the  intention of the Mayville fire department to transfer such funds to
 another capital reserve fund operated by the newly  created  North  Lake
 fire district which services the taxpayers of the village of Mayville as
 well as other taxpayers outside of the village.
   § 2. Transfer authorized. Notwithstanding paragraph c of subdivision 9
 of  section  6-c  of  the general municipal law, the village of Mayville
 upon resolution and permissive referendum may transfer such funds of the
 village of Mayville fire department's fire and rescue equipment  reserve
 fund  and ambulance reserve fund to the North Lake fire district reserve
 fund provided the funds transferred are used only for  North  Lake  fire
 district  reserve  fund  purposes and provided the purposes for creating
 the fire and rescue equipment reserve fund and  ambulance  reserve  fund
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 have been performed and any outstanding claims arising from the acquisi-
 tion of such equipment has been paid from the funds.
   §  3.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
 section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of  competent
 jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or
 invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
 to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof
 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment  shall  have
 been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature
 that  this  act  would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions
 had not been included herein.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.