Assembly Bill A1629

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases the revenue threshold for annual audit of fire districts

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A1629 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5574
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-z, Gen Muni L; amd §181-b, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9248
2011-2012: A1743

2013-A1629 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the revenue threshold for annual audit of fire districts from $200,000 to $300,000.

2013-A1629 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1629

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the town law, in  relation
  to increasing the revenue threshold for annual audit of fire districts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 209-z  of  the  general  municipal
law,  as  amended by chapter 555 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read
as follows:
  1. Notwithstanding any provision of general  or  special  law  to  the
contrary, any fire company with revenues of [two] THREE hundred thousand
dollars, or such lesser amount as the state comptroller shall designate,
that  contracts  with  a city, town, village or fire district to provide
fire service shall obtain an annual audit of its records by an independ-
ent certified public accountant or  an  independent  public  accountant.
Such  audit  shall be an examination of the revenues and expenditures in
connection with such contract or contracts.  Such audit  shall  indicate
whether the fire company has filed Internal Revenue Service Form 990 and
any  report required pursuant to section thirty-three-a of this chapter.
If such filings are required and have not been  made,  the  audit  shall
include  an examination of all revenues, expenditures and resources from
any source. For purposes of this section, the term "fire company"  shall
have the same meaning as set forth for such term in section three of the
volunteer firefighters' benefit law.
  S  2.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 181-b of the town law, as added
by chapter 237 of the laws of 2006 and such  section  as  renumbered  by
chapter 555 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  1. The commissioner of each fire district with revenues of [two] THREE
hundred  thousand  dollars  or  more shall obtain an annual audit of its
records by an independent certified public accountant or an  independent

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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